TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: COMPARISON AND EVALUATION OF POLICIES IN CHILE

Abstract

Trafficking is a crime that has a low risk of detection, belongs to the criminal markets that generate most profits, erodes the institutions of  the States, and undermines the human rights of the victims, through labor and sexual exploitation, in addition to organ extraction. This research analyzes Trafficking in Persons policies from the year 2000 to 2017, established by The United States, Germany, The United Kingdom and Canada, with the purpose of comparing the coincident and divergent points of the policies on this subject with those that Chile maintains, in order to indicate the strengths and areas of opportunity that the country presents to improve its Trafficking in Persons policies. It is argued that Chile, despite having made significant and rapid progress in its Trafficking in Persons policies, still presents areas of opportunity to reach the levels of maturity and consistency with respect to combating the crime.