Criminal Justice Response to Trafficking in Person in Pakistan

Kamran Adil

Crime, violence and economy are interconnected. There have been attempts at international level to study the correlation between violence and peace through the Global Peace Indices that have been published for over a decade now. In quantitative terms, the latest Global Peace Index Report of 2021 (GPI) noted: “The economic impact of violence to the global economy in 2020 was $14.96 trillion in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. This figure is equivalent to 11.6 per cent of the world‟s economic activity (gross world product) or $1,942 per person. The economic impact of violence increased by 0.2 per cent during 2020…”