Smuggling and trafficking in human beings : all roads lead to America / Sheldon X. Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Sheldon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human trafficking--United States.

Human trafficking.

Human smuggling--United States.

Human smuggling.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.

Summary:

Examines human smuggling and trafficking into the U.S. from around the world and the implications it has for national security, criminal activity, and our economy.

Contents:

1 Human Smuggling and Irregular Population Migration 1

2 Human Smuggling through Legal Channels 23

3 The Game of Counterfeit Documents 39

4 Smuggling through Illegal Channels 57

5 Sister Ping-The Snakehead Queen 79

6 The Enterprise and Organization of Human Smuggling 87

7 Trafficking of Women and Children 105

8 Hitchhiking: Human Smuggling and Terrorism 125

9 Combating Human Smuggling 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-202) and index.

ISBN:

9780275989514

0275989518

OCLC:

123539417