title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Timothy M. Palmbach, University of New Haven, Forensic Science Department, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT, USA, tpalmbach@newhaven.edu.
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Palmbach
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoynes
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Primorac
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaboury
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D063947:Enslavement / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D053803:Forensic Genetics; D014943:Global Health; D064410:Human Trafficking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D012940:Social Problems
chemical_list: D004247:DNA