Art. 288 – The association of three or more people for the specific purpose of committing crimes:

Penalty: imprisonment of one to three years.

Single Paragraph - The penalty is increased by one half if the group is armed or if it involves the participation of children or adolescents.

Art. 231. Promote or facilitate the entry in the national territory of someone who will exert the prostitution or other form of sexual exploitation, or the output of someone who will exercise it abroad.

Penalty: imprisonment of 3 (three) to 8 (eight) years.

§ 1 The same penalty is applied to who negotiates, lures, sells or buys the trafficked person, as well as having knowledge of this condition, transports, transfers or hosts the person.

§ 2 The penalty is increased by one half if:

I - the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age;

II - the victim, due to mental illness or disorder, lacks the necessary understanding to the perform the act;

III - if the agent is ascendant, stepfather, stepmother, brother, stepchild, spouse, guardian or trustee, teacher or employer of the victim, or assumed, by law or otherwise, the obligation to care, protection or of surveillance, or:

IV - use of violence, serious threat or fraud.

§ 3 If the crime is committed in order to obtain economic advantage a fine is also applied.