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TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VICTIMS - COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF CRIMINAL LAW SOLUTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE IN CROATIA AND SERBIA

Human trafficking is one of the cruelest crimes against humanity and other goods protected by international law and one of the most brutal violations of fundamental human rights. Modus operandi of recruiting and exploiting victims of trafficking has become increasingly perfidious and brutal. Trafficking in human beings is a global problem and a phenomenon of today's society and time. The paper provides an overview of the international legal framework for combating trafficking in human beings and provides a comparative overview of the solution of national criminal legislation with an analysis of case law in the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Serbia. The criminal offenses of trafficking in human beings, forms and types of exploitation were investigated, with special reference to the victims of trafficking in human beings in Croatia and Serbia. The authors point out the criminal law solutions of Croatia and Serbia in the suppression of human trafficking, as well as the similarities and distinctions in terms of incriminations and prescribed criminal sanctions. In the concluding remarks, an assessment of the de lege lata situation in Croatia and Serbia was given, and, accordingly, possible proposals for a de lege ferenda in the fight against human trafficking were given.

human trafficking, types of exploitation, victims, situation analysis, Croatia, Serbia.

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