Examining trafficking statistics regarding Brazilian victims in Spain and Portugal

Despite a number of policy decisions being based upon the premise that there is a large flow of Brazilian trafficking victims to Spain and Portugal, existing statistics are not reliable enough to confirm this assertion. Due to a number of reasons, including problematic, incompatible and evolving def...

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Published in:Crime, law, and social change law, and social change, 2015-05, Vol.63 (3-4), p.159-190
Main Author: de Pérez, Julie Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crime
Criminal law
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law
Criminal statistics
Criminology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Data collection
Hispanic people
Human trafficking
International organizations
Law and Criminology
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Organized crime
Political Science
Portugal
Sex industry
Social Sciences
Spain
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Transnationalism
Victims
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Summary:Despite a number of policy decisions being based upon the premise that there is a large flow of Brazilian trafficking victims to Spain and Portugal, existing statistics are not reliable enough to confirm this assertion. Due to a number of reasons, including problematic, incompatible and evolving definitions, as well as fragmented data gathering systems, the available human trafficking statistics about Brazilian trafficking victims in the Iberian Peninsula are internally and cross-comparatively inconsistent. The widely varying scenarios presented by the available numbers compromise the individual and collective responses to the phenomenon. Although a number of possible solutions can be proposed to improve the data collection, it is unlikely that the systems will change significantly as long as the figures being presented continue to support the agendas defended by the countries in question.
ISSN:0925-4994
1573-0751
DOI:10.1007/s10611-015-9562-x