1998-01-01
1997-10-21
Illegal Transfer of Persons across the State Border
Article 177
(1) Whoever, for lucrative purposes, illicitly transfers across the state border a person or a number of persons shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding three years.
(2) If during the perpetration of the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the lives and the security of persons transferred across the state border are endangered or they are treated in an inhumane or humiliating way, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for six months to five years.
(3) If the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed while the perpetrator is a member of a group or a criminal organization, the perpetrator shall be punished for one to ten years.
(4) A person who attempts to commit a criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be punished.
