Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings : All Roads Lead to America

Coming to America to make a better life has long been a dream of many from around the world, even if it means being smuggled into the country to gain entry. This book examines how human smuggling and trafficking activities to the United States are carried out and explores the legal and policy challenges of dealing with these problems. Zhang covers the scope and patterns of global human trafficking and smuggling activities; the strategies and methods employed by various groups to bring individuals into the United States; major smuggling routes and venues; the involvement of organized criminal organizations in transnational human smuggling activities; and the challenges confronting the U.S. government in combating these activities. Publisher's Description: 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. Human Smuggling And Irregular Population Migration -- Human Smuggling Through Legal Channels -- The Game Of Counterfeit Documents -- Smuggling Through Illegal Channels -- Sister Ping, The Snakehead Queen -- The Enterprise And Organization Of Human Smuggling -- Trafficking Of Women And Children -- Hitchhiking : Human Smuggling And Terrorism -- Combating Human Smuggling. Sheldon X. Zhang. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [189]-202) And Index.