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

Mahmut Cengiz () and Oguzhan Omer Demir
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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

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-20

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.

Keywords: human trafficking; sex trafficking; victims; corruption; money laundering; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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