Original scientific paper
Vol.10, No 2, 2012 pp. 101-110
UDC 343.545(497.11)
COUNTERACTING AND PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Miomira Kostić, Aleksandar Mihajlović
Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
E-mail: kostic_miomira@yahoo.com
Human trafficking, as a form of crime and victimization of human beings, is an organized criminal activity which includes a range of diverse and interrelated activities aimed at obtaining financial benefits. At the international level, trafficking in human beings became the subject matter of consideration in the course of the 1990s, when the international community intensified its activities in pursuit of adequate mechanisms for combating this extremely dangerous social phenomenon. Although there is no special legal act regulating human trafficking in the Republic of Serbia, trafficking in persons has been legally recognized as a form or organized crime. Moreover, there is a number of legislative acts which contain provisions on the prevention, suppression and punishment of criminal acts involving human trafficking as well as provisions on the protection of victims and witnesses in the pre-trial, trial and post-trial proceedings. The relevant provisions are contained in the 2005 Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia, the 2006 Criminal Procedure Code, the Act on the Protection Program for the Participants in Criminal Proceedings, the Act on the Organization and Jurisdiction of State Authorities in Counteracting Organized Crime, the Foreigners’ Act, the Misdemeanors Act, the Healthcare Act and the Administrative Taxes Act.
Key words:
human trafficking, organized crime, the relevant provisions in the Republic of Serbia
SUZBIJANJE I SPREČAVANJE TRGOVINE LJUDIMA U SRBIJI
U radu autori objašnjavaju da trgovina ljudskim bićima kao oblik kriminaliteta i viktimizacije, predstavlja organizovanu kriminalnu delatnost radi sticanja materijalne koristi, koja se sastoji od čitavog niza raznovrsnih i međusobno povezanih radnji usmerenih ka ostvarivanju istog cilja. U međunarodnim okvirima trgovina ljudima je postala predmet razmatranja tokom devedesetih godina dvadesetog veka, kada je međunarodna zajednica intezivirala rad na iznalaženju adekvatnih mehanizama za borbu protiv ove izuzetno društveno opasne pojave.
Danas u Republici Srbiji, iako i dalje ne postoji poseban zakon za borbu protiv trgovine ljudima, zakonski je priznato da je trgovina ljudima oblik organizovanog kriminaliteta i u više različitih zakonskih tekstova postoje odredbe o prevenciji, suzbijanju i kažnjavanju trgovine ljudima i zaštite oštećenih i svedoka pre, tokom i posle krivičnog postupka. Kao relevantni zakoni mogu se izdvojiti: Krivični zakonik RS, Zakonik o krivičnom postupku, Zakon o programu zaštite učesnika u krivičnom postupku, Zakon o organizaciji i nadležnosti državnih organa u suzbijanju organizovanog kriminala, Zakon o strancima, Zakon o prekršajima, Zakon o zdravstvenoj zaštiti i Zakon o administrativnim taksama
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Ključne reči:
trgovina ljudima, organizovani kriminalitet, relevantni propisi u Srbiji.
