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How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey

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  • Mahmut Cengiz

    (Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, TraCCC, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA)

  • Oguzhan Omer Demir

    (Global Center for Security Studies, London EC1V 2NX, UK)

Abstract

Because of supply and demand factors, human trafficking for sexual exploitation has always been a profitable industry. Turkey, as a host country for immigrants from both former Soviet countries and the Middle East, combines supply and demand together, attracting illicit business. Few studies have been conducted in the previous two decades to investigate the organized criminal element of human trafficking in this region. This research is based on ethnographic research in which trafficking victims (N = 11) were interviewed, and on-site observations were made. Our findings revealed that the trafficking industry in our study area was carried out by persons who were only loosely related to one another. There was no sophisticated, long-lasting sex trafficking organization. Membership was not severely limited, and individuals did not identify themselves as members of a well-known criminal organization. We provided policy recommendations and proposals for future research to address female trafficking for sexual exploitation.

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  • Mahmut Cengiz & Oguzhan Omer Demir, 2022. "How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-20, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:11:y:2022:i:11:p:511-:d:969975
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    1. Oguzhan Omer Demir, 2010. "Methods of sex trafficking: findings of a case study in Turkey," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 314-335, August.
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