Handel ludźmi w Europie jako wyzwanie dla bezpieczeństwa państw i organizacji międzynarodowych w latach 2012–2020
Human trafficking in Europe as a security challenge for states and international organizations in 2012–2020

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the issue of trafficking in people in Europe as the challenge for security, on the basis of the reports published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as well as the European Union. The article discusses a definition of human trafficking and international documents on human trafficking, such as the Palermo Protocol and one of the Conventions of the European Council. Moreover, the article shows purposes of human trafficking, the profile of victims, as well as the scale of phenomenon in Europe, including the division into Western and Southern Europe, and Central and South-Eastern Europe, and separately the European Union. Afterwards, the article highlights similarities and differences in this dirty business in Europe and other regions of the world between 2012 and 2020, as well as the criminal profile of contemporary slavery and the policy of European countries in the area concerned.

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