Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013
Public bill · Government · Presented
Expands human-trafficking offences to cover forced begging and exploiting people to commit crimes, and defines forced labour. It also requires courts to treat trafficking by public officials in their official roles as an aggravating factor when sentencing, normally leading to a harsher sentence within the legal maximum.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to give effect to certain provisions of directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing council framework decision 2002/629/JHA; for those and other purposes to amend and extend the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 and the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 25 April 2018
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