Open AccessCOUNTERING THE ‘SCOURGE’: The time for evidence and reason on human trafficking
Author(s) -
Chandré Gould
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sa crime quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-3108
pISSN - 1991-3877
DOI - 10.17159/2413-3108/2007/v0i22a964
Subject(s) - human trafficking , plague (disease) , law enforcement , intervention (counseling) , criminology , state (computer science) , sex trafficking , work (physics) , political science , law , sociology , history , psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , algorithm , psychiatry , computer science , archaeology
Since the late 1990s South African media have drawn attention to the problem of human trafficking and called for state intervention to stop the practice. Reports by several non-governmental organisations have referred to the growing plague of human trafficking, particularly that of women and children for purposes of sexual exploitation. A recent, in-depth study of the sex work industry in Cape Town by the ISS and SWEAT calls into question allegations that there is large-scale trafficking into the sex work industry and suggests that a law enforcement approach may not be the most appropriate way to counter the problem.