This volume brings together a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars, past and present representatives from nongovernmental organizations, and government officials to explore human trafficking in and through the Western Balkans.

After four Yugoslav wars, ongoing efforts at reconstruction in South Eastern Europe have devoted limited attention to security for the region's most vulnerable populations. This book brings together experts to analyze and offer solutions to the challenge. The contributors examine the economic dynamics of human trafficking in an era of globalization, the effectiveness of international and transnational policies and practice, the impact of peacekeeping forces, and the emergence of national and regional action plans in the Western Balkans and South Eastern Europe. They also consider the nature and ramifications of the gap between human security rhetoric and institutional policy steps against human trafficking.