Contribution to Book
The Role of the Border and Border Policies in Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking: A Case Study of the Cascadia Region of the US-Canada Border
The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking
(2020)
Abstract
Human trafficking in the Cascadia region of the USA and Canada is an issue that is receiving more attention and concern, both in the media and by public officials. There are many assumptions about the state of trafficking in the region, yet little data exists on who is trafficked, the origin and destination of trafficking flows, and the extent to which the phenomenon is a regional network operating between the large cities of Vancouver and Seattle. That lack of information makes it challenging to create evidence-based policies. Additionally, although federal and regional networks of collaboration are well established, Canada and the USA struggle to develop effective cross-border partnerships against human trafficking. This chapter focuses on the state of human trafficking across the US-Canada border in the Cascadia region of Western British Columbia and Washington State by mapping the policies, institutions, and networks of collaboration that are working to combat the phenomenon. Cascadia is a case study of the ways in which an international border influences collaboration.
Keywords
- Canada,
- US,
- North America,
- Cascadia,
- Cross-border
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Editor
John Winterdyk and Jackie Jones
Publisher
Springer
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-63058-8_61
Citation Information
Trautman, Laurie and Mary Moeller. 2019. The Role of the Border and Border Policies in Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking: A Case Study of the Cascadia Region of the U.S. – Canada Border. In Winterdyk, John and Jackie Jones (Eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking. Palgrave Macmillan.