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Conclusion: Human Trafficking as a Security Problem

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This chapter argues that the expansion of the meaning of security and the recognition of non-military sources of threats has made it difficult to identify and separate security threats to the state, individuals, societies, regions and the international system. The chapter discusses major criteria or thresholds for securitizing social problems and argues that human trafficking meet those criteria.

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Iroanya, R.O. (2018). Conclusion: Human Trafficking as a Security Problem. In: Human Trafficking and Security in Southern Africa. African Histories and Modernities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71988-7_7

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