Violence Against Women
Volume 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 901-922

Modern-day comfort women: The U.S. Military, transnational crime, and the trafficking of women (Article)

Hughes D.M.* , Chon K.Y. , Ellerman D.P.
  • a University of Rhode Island
  • b Polaris Project
  • c Polaris Project

Abstract

The trafficking of women has been a lucrative moneymaker for transnational organized crime networks, ranking third, behind drugs and arms, in criminal earnings. The U.S. military bases in South Korea were found to form a hub for the transnational trafficking of women from the Asia Pacific and Eurasia to South Korea and the United States. This study, conducted in 2002, examined three types of trafficking that were connected to U.S. military bases in South Korea: domestic trafficking of Korean women to clubs around the military bases in South Korea, transnational trafficking of women to clubs around military bases in South Korea, and transnational trafficking of women from South Korea to massage parlors in the United States.

Author Keywords

sex trafficking Korea Prostitution Transnational crime U.S. military Massage parlors Trafficking

Index Keywords

Korea poverty human Women's Rights statistics United States Humans male female prostitution victim women's health Article adult Sex Offenses sexual crime Military Personnel soldier Crime Victims
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34547970492&doi=10.1177%2f1077801207305218&partnerID=40&md5=fb437ab4358bdeac13cb52c76521807e
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207305218
ISSN: 10778012
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English