Latin American & Iberian Institute -- University of New Mexico

A Regional Approach to a Global Epidemic

April 1 - 3, 2009

Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel

2600 Louisiana Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Human trafficking is a form of slavery in which people-mostly women and children- are bought, sold, and transported against their will, in order to exploit their labor or sexual services. An estimated 27 million people are in bondage globally, and some 4 million are victimized each year through a trade that generates almost $10 billion in annual revenue. One of the most heavily trafficked regions in the world is the U.S.-Mexico border, where

Black-market smuggling of drugs, guns, and undocumented immigrants creates a fertile context for human trafficking.
An estimated 17,000 people are trafficked into the United States from Mexico each year.
The growing threat to regional security has led the U.S. to commit $8.2 million in foreign aid to help Mexico combat trafficking along its northern border.

Addressing the problem requires a multi-pronged approach in which researchers, legislators, law enforcement officials, service providers, and victims' advocacy groups from both sides of the border coordinate their efforts. Conference objectives include:

Bringing together researchers, policy-makers, law enforcement officials, and service providers from Mexico and the U.S.
Offering cutting-edge information about the causes, consequences, and best practices for addressing human trafficking and modern-day slavery
Promoting insight into the ways human trafficking on the U.S.-Mexico border is similar to and different from the forms it takes in other world regions
Stimulating dialogue about the distinctive challenges faced by law enforcement officials and victims' rights advocates to increase awareness and collaboration
Developing manuals, handbooks, and other types of written materials on best practices for use by legislators, law enforcement agents, and service providers
Producing a scholarly volume on trafficking and slavery on the U.S.-Mexico border to help address the lacuna of theory and research on this misunderstood issue

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