
The defendant transported the victim by car from Italy, through Germany and to Sweden for the purpose of stealing. However, the District Court stated that it was not proved that the conditions for human trafficking were met.
The prosecutor stated that the Defendant had transferred the victim from Italy to Sweden for the purpose of stealing. However, the District Court stated that it was not proved that the conditions for human trafficking to take place had been met.
Chapter 4, Section 1 a) of the Swedish Penal Code (Sw: brottsbalken) (The latest amendment was adopted on July 1, 2010.)
Unofficial office translation:
Chapter 4, Section 1 a of the Swedish Penal Code - A person who, in other cases than those referred to in Section 1, uses unlawful coercion or deceit, exploits another person’s vulnerable situation or by some other such improper means recruits, transports, harbours, receives a person with the intent that this person shall be exploited for sexual purposes, removal of organs, military service, forced labour or other activities in a situation that implies a situation of distress for the victim, shall be sentenced for trafficking in human beings to imprisonment for at least two years and at most ten years.
A person who commits an act referred to in the first paragraph against a person who is under eighteen years of age shall be sentenced for trafficking in human beings even if none of the improper means described in that paragraph was used.
If an offence referred to in the first or second paragraphs is less serious, the sentence shall be imprisonment for at most four years.
SFS 2010:371
Text in original language (Swedish):
4 kap. 1 a § BrB - Den som, i annat fall än som avses i 1 §, genom olaga tvång, vilseledande, utnyttjande av någons utsatta belägenhet eller med annat sådant otillbörligt medel rekryterar, transporterar, överför, inhyser eller tar emot en person i syfte att han eller hon ska exploateras för sexuella ändamål, avlägsnande av organ, krigstjänst, tvångsarbete eller annan verksamhet i en situation som innebär nödläge för den utsatte, döms för människohandel till fängelse i lägst två och högst tio år.
Den som begår en gärning som avses i första stycket mot en person som inte har fyllt arton år döms för människohandel även om inte något sådant otillbörligt medel som anges där har använts.
Är ett brott som avses i första eller andra stycket mindre grovt, döms till fängelse i högst fyra år. SFS 2010:371
Human Trafficking
Svea Court of Appeal (Svea Hovrätt)
Case No B 756-12