TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEING - IS NOT A CRIME ONLY RELATED TO INVOLVEMENT TO RPOSTITUTION OR KEEPING THE BROTHELS WHICH IS AGAINST PUBLIC MORALITY!

VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEING - IS NOT A PERSON ENGAGED IN PROSTITUTION OR HAVING IMMORAL LIFESTYLE!

The elements of the offense of the trafficking in human being

• The purpose of the commission of the offense – EXPLOITATION

Methods of commission of offense - by threat of force or violence, intimidation or other means of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, influence or abuse of power by weakness, or the consent of a person having control over another person for the material and non-material gifts, by giving privileges or discounts

• The act itself – the attraction, acquisition, keeping, harboring, transportation, provision or receiving of the person

Human exploitation IS CONSIDERED as FOLLOWING:

• Forced labor (service) - illegally forcing the person to do certain work (service delivery)
• Sexual abuse - use of a person for prostitution, sexual slavery or production for pornographic materials, making the sexual exploitation of others for profit.
• Slavery, practices similar to slavery and dependency status coming from them - Fully or partial implementation of authority to the rights to property over an individual;
• Illegal removal of human organs and tissues
• Illegal medical researchs on a person
• The use of woman as a surrogate mother
• illegally, including attraction to criminal activities, as well as other forms of people exploitation.

Victim of human trafficking – is a person who suffered from human trafficking, or supposed to be suffered from human trafficking!

Signs of victims of  trafficking in human being:

• Forced to work against his will, thinking that there is no opportunity to leave the job;
• Thinking that his action is under control, with lack of freedom of action or limited freedom of action;
• Feeling fear and anxiety;
• Always or sometimes himself, family members, relatives are facing violence or incur threat of violence;
• Suffering from injuries that are characteristic by limiting the freedom of movement, to exploitation or to violence;
• Faced with the threat of a handover to Government agencies
• As it is kept by others, they don't have with themselves identification cards or travel documents, or they have fake documents;
• They do not know the local language, the address of the residence or place of work;
• Acts under the instruction of others, are working under the conditions defined by others, get little or no income for the work they have done
• Live in conditions that do not meet the general living standards;
• Limited connections with their family members and other relatives, as well as access to medical and social services facilities.

BASED ON the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan