DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Trafficking in human beings is a form of modern day slavery. In simple terms it involves:
(a) the threat of or use of fear, fraud, force, deception, threats, coercion, abduction for the purposes of abuse or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits
(b) the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons
for the purpose of exploiting a person for labour, sexual exploitation or removal of organs.
Trafficking is a worldwide phenomenon. Victims can be trafficked into a range of hazardous labour, including farm work, sweatshops, domestic servitude, forced prostitution and subjected to sexual abuse and other forms of violence.
In an effort to stamp out this crime the Irish Government enacted the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act, 2008. It is an offence to traffick adults or children for the purposes of labour, sexual exploitation or the removal of organs. It is an offence to sell or offer for sale or to purchase or offer to purchase any person for any purpose. Penalties of up to life imprisonment apply in respect of these offences. It is also an offence to solicit for prostitution a person who s/he knows or has reasonable grounds for believing is a trafficked person. The penalty can be up to 5 years imprisonment.
Dedicated Units to ensure that the State’s response to trafficking in human beings is co-ordinated, comprehensive and holistic have been set up in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and in the Garda National Immigration Bureau. A National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Trafficking in Human Beings in Ireland 2009-2012 was published by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 10 June, 2009. The Plan contains a range of measures designed to crackdown on individuals and gangs involved in trafficking in people and to protect victims. Copies of the Executive Summary and the full National Action
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