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- Title
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE AS TYPE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN LATVIA.
- Authors
Millere, Jolanta
- Abstract
Human trafficking can be traced back to ancient history - slavery. Over time, the forms and types of slavery have changed, but the essence of present-day human trafficking means the same as thousands of years ago - people selling people. Human trafficking is generally understood as prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery as well as organ harvesting. However, in today's society there is more and more discussion about the spreading of a new form of human trafficking - marriages of convenience, which are entered into for the purpose of tangible benefit to both partners. In addition, modern researchers have concluded that in a number of European Union countries, including Latvia, a new trend in human trafficking has recently been observed - exploitative marriages of convenience. When explaining the human trafficking and its influencing processes from sociological point of view, it is necessary to focus on the individual and collective levels of dimensions of analysis; and several scientists have focused on the integration of this kind of social analysis processes such as Anthony Gidenss, Pierre Bourdieu and others. The social nature of fictitious marriages can be seen in the conditions related to behavioural causes of both victims and recruiters. They can be found in a society/community where a victim of human trafficking or recruiter lives.
- Subjects
MARRIAGES of convenience; HUMAN trafficking; SEX crimes; LATVIAN economy; CRIMES against women
- Publication
Economic Science for Rural Development Conference Proceedings, 2017, Issue 46, p127
- ISSN
1691-3078
- Publication type
Article