Open AccessCOVID-19’s Impact on Anti-Trafficking Efforts: What do we know?
Author(s) -
Idel Hanley,
Jean-Pierre Gauci
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of modern slavery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2574-9897
DOI - 10.22150/jms/loex1203
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , vulnerability (computing) , public health , resilience (materials science) , political science , human trafficking , public relations , criminology , business , sociology , computer security , medicine , virology , computer science , nursing , physics , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , thermodynamics
Early analysis indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency public health measures, and the consequent socio-economic context1 have increased individual vulnerability to human trafficking. It also indicates an impact on anti-trafficking efforts both in the short and the longer term. This article explores some of those impacts, identifies issues to look out for moving forward and examines the applicability and resilience of existing legal frameworks.