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Trafficking in persons
  • Offences

    • • Trafficking in persons (adults)
      • Trafficking in children (under 18 years)
  • Means Used

    • • Threat of the use of force or of other forms of coercion
      • Deception
  • Exploitative Purposes

    • • Exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation
  • Keywords

    • • Organised criminal group
 Chapter 19
 Article 175

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  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

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  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Original Text

    Exploitation of prostitution

    Article 175

    (1) Whoever participates for exploitative purposes in the prostitution of another or instructs, obtains or encourages another to engage in prostitution by force, threats or deception shall be sentenced to imprisonment for between three months and five years.

    (2) Whoever participates for exploitative purposes in the prostitution of a minor, or exploits the prostitution of a minor, or whoever instructs, obtains or encourages the prostitution of a minor by force, threat, deception, recruitment or solicitation, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for between one and ten years. 

    (3) If an act referred to in paragraph one or two of this Article is committed against several persons or within a criminal organisation, the perpetrator shall be sentenced to imprisonment for between one and twelve years.

     
     
     

    Comment

    Please note that this is an unofficial translation of the Act.