Human Trafficking For Benefit Fraud And Related Financial Fraud

This pilot study, which forms part of the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Project FRAUD: Combatting Human Trafficking for Financial and Benefit Fraud, aims to examine the connection between benefit fraud, including related financial fraud, on the one hand, and human trafficking, on the other hand. It studies how the two intersect, and to what extent the exploitation of individuals in connection to benefit fraud and related financial fraud can constitute human trafficking as defined in the 2000 Palermo Protocol, the 2005 European Human Trafficking Convention, and the 2011 EU Human Trafficking Directive.