Lea Pfefferle

Crimes That Know No Borders - Human Trafficking in the Eu Lea Pfefferle

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 8, Maastricht University, course: European Studies, language: English, abstract: Human Trafficking in the EU is an enormous business. This paper investigates the current scholarly debate centered around the issue of trafficking human beings, i.e. the view that trafficking is a security issue, an economic issue and a humanitarian issue respectively. Subsequently, the EU's approach to human trafficking is analyzed, especially with regard to the enlargement of the European Union towards the East.