Utilizing DNA analysis to combat the world wide plague of present day slavery--trafficking in persons.

Abstract:

:A study was conducted to determine if modern forensic DNA typing methods can be properly employed throughout the world with a final goal of increasing arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of perpetrators of modern day trafficking in persons while concurrently reducing the burden of victim testimony in legal proceedings. Without interruption of investigations, collection of samples containing DNA was conducted in a variety of settings. Evidentiary samples were analyzed on the ANDE Rapid DNA system. Many of the collected swabs yielded informative short tandem repeat profiles with Rapid DNA technology.

journal_name

Croat Med J

journal_title

Croatian medical journal

authors

Palmbach TM,Blom J,Hoynes E,Primorac D,Gaboury M

doi

10.3325/cmj.2014.55.3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-02-01 00:00:00

pages

3-9

issue

1

eissn

0353-9504

issn

1332-8166

journal_volume

55

pub_type

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