Handling the trafficking of women in Myanmar is important because women done bytransnational organized crime (transnational crime) can threaten national security in termsof non-military aspects. In the dynamics of the Myanmar politics, there is a transition ofpower in 2010 from military regime to democratic regime. This study discusses thecompararison in the two regimes in handling women trafficking. A comparative study inthe handling of women trafficking victim can not be separated from public policy agendain each government. The two different regimes generate policies and cooperation indealing with women trafficking, both at national and international community, which isimplemented by arranging cooperation with several countries. Outcome from differentpolicies taken by the two regimes in tackling women trafficking can be seen in the numberof women trafficking victims’ fluctuation. This study concludes that there is similaritybetween the two governments in the relation to women trafficking policy, in which the tworegimes establish cooperation. However, this study also finds that democratic system tendto be more effective in handling women trafficking in Myanmar, compared to authoritariansystem in military government.
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