| Methodological explanations |
Human trafficking is a crime that, according to the Art. 189a of the Criminal Code is punishable by imprisonment for not less than 3 years. Under the concept of human trafficking, according to Art. 115 22 Criminal Code is understood as recruiting, transporting, delivering, transferring, storing or receiving a person using: • unlawful violence or threats, • abduction, • deceit, • deceiving or exploiting an error or inability to properly understand the action taken, • abuse of dependency relation, use of critical position or helplessness, • grant or accept any personal or financial benefit or promise to a person who carries or supervises another person - in order to use it, even with her consent, particularly in prostitution, pornography or other forms of sexual exploitation, at work or in forced, begging, slavery or other forms of exploitation degrading human dignity or in order to obtain cells, tissues or organs contrary to the provisions of the law. If the perpetrator's behavior concerns a juvenile, it constitutes trafficking even if the methods or measures listed in points 1-6 are not used. |
