Human Trafficking is a growing transnational criminal phenomenon—conservative estimates put the total number of persons trafficked annually at two million. In this first in-depth study of human trafficking in Russia and Ukraine, scholars from the European, Siberian, and far-eastern parts of Russia offer groundbreaking analyses of the motivations behind and reactions to this horrifying trend.

Contributions by: Liudmila Erokhina, Mikhail Kleimenov, Olga Pyshschulina, Anna Repetskaia, Stanislav Shamkov, Elena Tiuriukanova, Beatrix Siman Zakhari