Human Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name
A study looks into the exploitation and trafficking of beggars and reveals findings about the psychological demand for begging.
Beggars are a part of the street landscape of any major European city. ‘But don’t be fooled’, warns Iveta Cherneva, author of the book "Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name". ‘The children and elderly women begging on the street are often forced beggars – victims of human trafficking. They are a part of a ring with organizational complexity comparable to that of a medium-size business enterprise’, adds the author whose latest research is also based on observations of the operations of begging traffickers in Geneva, Switzerland.
‘For their destination, traffickers chose high wealth concentration cities, such as Geneva, the world’s capital of luxurious watches. There is a physical archetype that traffickers follow when choosing beggars. Often they chose children with handicaps’, explains Cherneva.
In a number of reported cases cited in the study traffickers hurt and mutilate beggars on purpose. By maiming and deforming them they create more revenue. A handicapped child earns three times more than a healthy child. A survey by the Stop Child Begging Project in Thailand found that disabled children earn as much as 1000 baht a day, as opposed to a healthy child beggar who earns 300 baht a day.
‘An ugly industry is quietly sitting on the pavement and we don’t even notice it’, explains Iveta Cherneva. ‘The revenues from this illegal activity are huge’, she adds. The US State Department trafficking report cites the findings of an undercover reporter who learned that a man in Shenzhen, China could earn between $30,000-$40,000 per year by forcing children to beg.
‘Organized begging is a form of human trafficking, although admittedly not all begging is human trafficking. A few questions first need to be asked and answered, and a few legal parameters – examined, in order to prove that organized begging is indeed trafficking in persons. Under international law there are five elements of trafficking, which need to be met – action, means, exploitation, transnational nature and organized criminal group. Familial forced begging, for example, is difficult to prove as human trafficking. Another problem is that very few legal cases are available and this is an area where the police and the courts need to do better’, explains the author.
The demand side of begging is still a largely unstudied topic. The study looks into the psychological explanations behind begging in attempt to answer the question why people give money to beggars. ‘We need to realize that by giving money to beggars on the street we only encourage the vicious cycle, which fuels the criminal activity. This is why we need to stop and in that way cut the cycle of this trafficking activity’, the author concludes.
Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Trafficking-Beg...
Book Reviews:
"The publication focuses on the industry of exploiting persons as beggars revealing it as a form of human trafficking ... and concludes with recommendations in form of public campaign messages to break this cycle." --International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
"an intelligent and detailed overview of international legal frameworks that cover trafficking, exploitation and begging in all their forms... Perhaps [the book] may spark more initiatives, especially for companies who operate in regions of high-risk for begging trafficking... reading Trafficking for Begging is a sobering experience and Iveta Cherneva earns my admiration for skillfully bringing this subject onto the radar." --CSR Wire, Elaine Cohen
"In addition to presenting facts about the exploitation of people for begging, [the author] shows a study about the psychological aspects of "demanding" such type of exploitation." --Bulgarian National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
"In a number of reported cases cited in the study traffickers hurt and mutilate beggars on purpose. By maiming and deforming them they create more revenue" --The Human Trafficking Project
"a rising writer" -- Global Business Magazine
"Great examples and in depth research. Many disabled children and adults are exploited around the world in this dark business of begging. It is an organized crime behind the scenes. Based on her experience in the US senate and humanitarian organizations, the author compiles a fresh list of facts and examples, and also covers various technical and political aspects of the topic. Interesting read."--Onur Sakarya, Amazon.com
"Children are often kidnapped by organized criminal groups. Criminal gangs snatch them from their parents on the street... In other situations, however, children are coerced to beg by their own parents. Both cases are human trafficking, as recent book Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name argues."--The Rising Nepal
Featured in:
Global Business Magazine, Interview, p.89: http://issuu.com/global-business-maga...
International Organization for Migration, "Global Eye on Human Trafficking": http://bit.ly/jvRJOt
Bulgarian National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: http://antitraffic.government.bg/en/a...
CSRWire: http://www.csrwire.com/csrlive/commen...
The Human Trafficking Project: http://www.traffickingproject.org/201...
La Strada International: http://lastradainternational.org/?mai...
The Polaris Project: http://www.polarisproject.org/take-ac...
Freedom from global Slavery: http://ffgs.webs.com/apps/blog/show/6...
Kindle Author, Interview: http://kindle-author.blogspot.com/201...
Alive with Words, Interview: http://alivewithwords.com/2011/03/15/...
Kipp Poe Blog, Interview: http://kippoe.blogspot.com/2011/03/iv...
Humble Yet Better: http://www.humbleyetbetter.com/2011/0...
Nouhailler Books: http://nouhailler.typepad.com/blog/bo...
The Just Life: http://thejustlife.org/home/2011/05/1...
CSR Books: http://networkedblogs.com/hh91u
The Rising Nepal: http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/rising....
Books love company: http://bookslovecompany.com/independa...
World.edu: http://world.edu/worldedu_posts/traff...
Contact Iveta Cherneva at:
Email: ivetacherneva@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iveta-...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/IvetaCherneva
Author Blog: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/ivetacherneva
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?...
Beggars are a part of the street landscape of any major European city. ‘But don’t be fooled’, warns Iveta Cherneva, author of the book "Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name". ‘The children and elderly women begging on the street are often forced beggars – victims of human trafficking. They are a part of a ring with organizational complexity comparable to that of a medium-size business enterprise’, adds the author whose latest research is also based on observations of the operations of begging traffickers in Geneva, Switzerland.
‘For their destination, traffickers chose high wealth concentration cities, such as Geneva, the world’s capital of luxurious watches. There is a physical archetype that traffickers follow when choosing beggars. Often they chose children with handicaps’, explains Cherneva.
In a number of reported cases cited in the study traffickers hurt and mutilate beggars on purpose. By maiming and deforming them they create more revenue. A handicapped child earns three times more than a healthy child. A survey by the Stop Child Begging Project in Thailand found that disabled children earn as much as 1000 baht a day, as opposed to a healthy child beggar who earns 300 baht a day.
‘An ugly industry is quietly sitting on the pavement and we don’t even notice it’, explains Iveta Cherneva. ‘The revenues from this illegal activity are huge’, she adds. The US State Department trafficking report cites the findings of an undercover reporter who learned that a man in Shenzhen, China could earn between $30,000-$40,000 per year by forcing children to beg.
‘Organized begging is a form of human trafficking, although admittedly not all begging is human trafficking. A few questions first need to be asked and answered, and a few legal parameters – examined, in order to prove that organized begging is indeed trafficking in persons. Under international law there are five elements of trafficking, which need to be met – action, means, exploitation, transnational nature and organized criminal group. Familial forced begging, for example, is difficult to prove as human trafficking. Another problem is that very few legal cases are available and this is an area where the police and the courts need to do better’, explains the author.
The demand side of begging is still a largely unstudied topic. The study looks into the psychological explanations behind begging in attempt to answer the question why people give money to beggars. ‘We need to realize that by giving money to beggars on the street we only encourage the vicious cycle, which fuels the criminal activity. This is why we need to stop and in that way cut the cycle of this trafficking activity’, the author concludes.
Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Trafficking-Beg...
Book Reviews:
"The publication focuses on the industry of exploiting persons as beggars revealing it as a form of human trafficking ... and concludes with recommendations in form of public campaign messages to break this cycle." --International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
"an intelligent and detailed overview of international legal frameworks that cover trafficking, exploitation and begging in all their forms... Perhaps [the book] may spark more initiatives, especially for companies who operate in regions of high-risk for begging trafficking... reading Trafficking for Begging is a sobering experience and Iveta Cherneva earns my admiration for skillfully bringing this subject onto the radar." --CSR Wire, Elaine Cohen
"In addition to presenting facts about the exploitation of people for begging, [the author] shows a study about the psychological aspects of "demanding" such type of exploitation." --Bulgarian National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
"In a number of reported cases cited in the study traffickers hurt and mutilate beggars on purpose. By maiming and deforming them they create more revenue" --The Human Trafficking Project
"a rising writer" -- Global Business Magazine
"Great examples and in depth research. Many disabled children and adults are exploited around the world in this dark business of begging. It is an organized crime behind the scenes. Based on her experience in the US senate and humanitarian organizations, the author compiles a fresh list of facts and examples, and also covers various technical and political aspects of the topic. Interesting read."--Onur Sakarya, Amazon.com
"Children are often kidnapped by organized criminal groups. Criminal gangs snatch them from their parents on the street... In other situations, however, children are coerced to beg by their own parents. Both cases are human trafficking, as recent book Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name argues."--The Rising Nepal
Featured in:
Global Business Magazine, Interview, p.89: http://issuu.com/global-business-maga...
International Organization for Migration, "Global Eye on Human Trafficking": http://bit.ly/jvRJOt
Bulgarian National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: http://antitraffic.government.bg/en/a...
CSRWire: http://www.csrwire.com/csrlive/commen...
The Human Trafficking Project: http://www.traffickingproject.org/201...
La Strada International: http://lastradainternational.org/?mai...
The Polaris Project: http://www.polarisproject.org/take-ac...
Freedom from global Slavery: http://ffgs.webs.com/apps/blog/show/6...
Kindle Author, Interview: http://kindle-author.blogspot.com/201...
Alive with Words, Interview: http://alivewithwords.com/2011/03/15/...
Kipp Poe Blog, Interview: http://kippoe.blogspot.com/2011/03/iv...
Humble Yet Better: http://www.humbleyetbetter.com/2011/0...
Nouhailler Books: http://nouhailler.typepad.com/blog/bo...
The Just Life: http://thejustlife.org/home/2011/05/1...
CSR Books: http://networkedblogs.com/hh91u
The Rising Nepal: http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/rising....
Books love company: http://bookslovecompany.com/independa...
World.edu: http://world.edu/worldedu_posts/traff...
Contact Iveta Cherneva at:
Email: ivetacherneva@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iveta-...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/IvetaCherneva
Author Blog: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/ivetacherneva
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?...
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