@article {640716,
	title = {Jakarta, Indonesia {\textemdash}Jakarta{\textquoteright}s Docks Serve as a Hub for Human Trafficking},
	journal = {Taking Bearings. Harvard Blogs},
	number = {April},
	year = {2013},
	abstract = {
	Jakarta, Indonesia {\textemdash} UNHCR and other agencies, including the International Organization of Migration (IOM), argue that displaced people are highly vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking. Advocacy groups contend that maritime ports across Asia, including the docks of Jakarta, Indonesia, are ports to prostitution and work slavery for displaced people lured or taken from disaster zones and economically distressed areas of South Asia. At an international meeting to discuss security issues related to human trafficking and displaced populations. Both relief and law enforcement personnel agreed that displaced populations are at special risk for exploitation. UNHCR officials, granted anonymity due to the fact they were not authorized to speak to the press, said that Jakarta{\textquoteright}s dusty and dangerous docks serve as one of the main hubs for human trafficking in Asia. (more)



	Note: Originally published as an academic paper submitted as part of the {\textquoteright}Displaced by Disaster{\textquoteright} project for Harvard (See https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/displacedbydisaster).

},
	url = {https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/displacedbydisaster},
	author = {K.Lee Lerner}
}
