Aspects of Criminal Procedural Law Related to Trafficking in Persons

Abstract

Trafficking in persons is one of the most productive activities of criminal organizations and, implicitly, the offense which, by frequency, causes one of the most spectacular increases in the international crime rate recorded over the last decade. The coordination of individual actions and the harmonization of national legislation on the punishment of traffickers, the human trafficking prevention and the protection of its victims are the main objectives whose fulfillment is conditioned by stopping the magnitude of the phenomenon.

Keywords

• trafficking in persons; international crime; trafficker; victim; protection