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Cross-national collaboration to combat human trafficking learning from the experience of others

To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally-funded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The RFP to which this project responded called for a collaborative effort between U.S. scholars and colleagues in other countries to conduct research on a transnational crime of concern in both the U.S. and abroad. To that end, the principal investigator recruited colleagues in Austria and Canada to join the project and together they selected trafficking in human beings as the transnational crime of concern. Two project goals were identified. First, we sought to more clearly understand how Europe-based organizations are accomplishing cross-national collaboration to combat human trafficking. Second, we hoped to use that information to develop suggestions for improving U.S.-Canada anti-trafficking efforts. Although the two goals are intertwined, they involved separate methodologies and are best explained in separate parts of this report. Part 1: Learning From Others, reviews the Europe-based aspect of the research and Part 2: Collaboration Along the U.S.-Canada Border, describes practitioner impressions of current cooperation between North American neighbors. Data for Part 1 of the research were gathered from interviews conducted with employees of six different Europe-based organizations. Most participants were in supervisory roles (a few were management level) and had among their responsibilities the facilitating of collaboration among practitioners (e.g., law enforcement, prosecution, and NGO workers) working cross-nationally to combat human trafficking. Comments from the interviews were arranged into three subjective categories as identified in the following paragraphs with a brief summary of key findings. Basic ingredients of cross-national cooperation. Participants agreed that cooperation among countries is a necessary ingredient in combating transnational crime in general and trafficking in persons specifically. That cooperation requires, at the outset, the support of high level political officials, but also depends on a preexisting presence of intra-country cooperation. Unfortunately, participants reported, many countries where human trafficking occurs (especially countries of origin) do not have sufficient intra-country cooperation among the various players to enable those countries to effectively participate in cross-national collaboration. Impediments to cross-national cooperation. Even when political will and sufficient intra-country cooperation is present, effective cross-national cooperation is not easily achieved. Examples of impediments to cross-national cooperation as gleaned from the interviews were grouped under five categories. " Problems related to …