U.S. Government Contractors and Human Trafficking Two Case Studies o
This Brief examines the role of United States private military contractors (PMCs) in human trafficking and forced labor in case studies of Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the lens of these cases, the authors explore the legal and regulatory deficienc
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Celline Cole • Resy Vermeltfoort
U.S. Government Contractors and Human Trafficking Two Case Studies of Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Celline Cole Heidelberg, Germany
Resy Vermeltfoort Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISSN 2192-8533 ISSN 2192-8541 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Criminology ISBN 978-3-319-70826-3 ISBN 978-3-319-70827-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70827-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017959551 © The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This work was adapted from two theses written and submitted to the Master program International Crimes and Criminology at the Vrije University of Amsterdam (VU). Celline Cole: From Workers to Victims – Human Trafficking and Forced Labor of Third Country Nationals by U.S. Government Contractor KBR, Inc. in Iraq (2016) and Resy Vermeltfoort: From Peacekeepers to Perpetrators – Case Study of Private Contractor DynCorp and Their Complicity in Sex Trafficking in Post-War Bosnia (2015) Both Master theses were supervised by Prof. Dr. Wim Huisman.
Foreword
Since the Nuremberg trials after World War II, the involvement and complicity of companies in gross human rights violations has been acknowledged. Today, corporations can and do play an important role in the commission of international crimes, by tolerating or supplying the means for the commission of these crimes and supporting the perpetrators of thes
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