World day against trafficking July 30

30 July declared world day against trafficking in persons on 18 December 2013 the General Assembly of the United Nations, which is celebrated annually starting in 2014. This day was adopted by Resolution A/RES/68/192 about "improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons".

This decision was made in connection with the need to raise awareness about the situation of victims of trafficking and to promote and protect their rights. By this action, the UN General Assembly invited all member States, relevant agencies of the United Nations and other international organizations, and civil society to observe the world day and noted that the costs of all activities that may arise should be covered by voluntary contributions.

Since Ukraine is in the lead ranking of countries from which traffic people to other countries, Ukraine has one of the most stringent worldwide legislation related to combating trafficking in persons. Under this law and its sanctions can get very much even unaware of this people who are connected with tourism, overseas employment and migration.

In article 3 of the Protocol of 15 November 2000 "On the prevention and suppression of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and punishment, supplementing the Convention United Nations against transnational organized crime" States that "trafficking" means for the purposes of exploitation the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons by threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability, or by bribing in the form of payments or benefits to obtain the consent of a person having control over another person. Exploitation includes at least exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs".

According to the current Criminal code of Ukraine human trafficking is one of the most serious crimes for committing of which provides for liability in the form of imprisonment up to fifteen years with confiscation of property.

Thus, according to article 149 UK of Ukraine (human trafficking or other illegal transaction concerning a person) human trafficking or other illegal transaction, the object of which is man, as well as the recruitment, transfer, shelter, transfer or receipt of a person committed for the purpose of exploitation, using deception, blackmail or vulnerable state of a person, - shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years.

The same actions committed concerning a minor or a relative to several individuals or repeatedly, or on preliminary arrangement by group of persons or an official using his official position, or by the person from whom the victim was material or other dependent, or connected with violence which is not dangerous to the life or health of the victim or his family, or with threat of application of such violence, - shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of five to twelve years with confiscation of property or without such.

Actions envisaged in parts one and two of article 149 committed against a minor or by an organized group, or combined with violence dangerous to the life or health of the victim or his family, or with threat of such violence, or if they entailed grave consequences, - shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term from eight till fifteen years with confiscation of property or without it. Under the exploitation of man in this article, you should understand all forms of sexual exploitation, use in porno business, forced labour or forced services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, involvement in debt bondage, extraction of organs, experimentation over a person without his consent, adoption (adoption) with the purpose of gain, forced pregnancy, involving into criminal activity, use in armed conflicts, and the like.

In articles 149 and 303 (a Pimping or retraction of the person in occupation by prostitution) the Criminal Code under vulnerable condition of a person should be understood due to physical or mental properties or to external circumstances condition of a person, deprives or limits the ability to realize their actions (inaction) or to govern them, take on their own decisions, resist violent or other illegal actions, a coincidence of difficult personal, family or other circumstances.

Responsible for the recruitment, transfer, concealment, transfer or receipt of a minor or minors in this article should come regardless of whether such actions are committed with use of deceit, blackmail or vulnerable state of the specified persons or the use or threat of violence, use of official position or a person from whom the victim was financially or otherwise dependent. That is, any person who goes to work abroad is in a vulnerable position in the absence of work at home.

Thus, anyone who is related to the employment of another person, for example in Poland or Russia, but not officially working for a company that has the license for employment of citizens abroad is potentially a criminal.

These are law enforcement officers using their authority at every opportunity to make yourself indicators on such important and very serious crimes.

A case of human trafficking will consider the Solomensky district court of Kyiv