Representation of transnational human trafficking in present-day news media, true crime, and fiction

We are planning to hold a Symposium to showcase the project and our findings, scheduled for September 2017. The one-day symposium held by the PACCS (Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research) ESRC-funded project on "Representation of Transnational Human Trafficking in Present-Day news media, true crime, and fiction" will take place on September the 12th 2017 .  The symposium will showcase some of our project partners’ research results (with findings split across the genres of newstexts, crime fiction, and true crime documentaries), and welcomes feedback from a group of especially invited participants.  Amongst these we are very pleased to welcome our three invited speakers: Crime fiction writer Ruth Dugdall ,  Journalist/writer/film-maker Paul Kenyon , Academic/writer/Free the Slaves co-founder Professor Kevin Bales .  We have also invited a number of practitioners, academics and policy makers who are investigating the ways in which transnational hum