Views on the offence of human trafficking

• Author: Vlad-Alexandru Porumb
• Position: Ministry of Internal Affairs. E-mail: porumbvladalexandru@yahoo.ro
• Pages: 9-14

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, http://univagora.ro/jour/index.php/aijjs

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No. 1 (2019), pp. 9- 14

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VIEWS ON THE OFFENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

V.A. PORUMB

VLAD-ALEXANDRU PORUMB

Ministry of Internal Affairs

E-mail: porumbvladalexandru@yahoo.ro

ABSTRACT

In the international background of the current period, Romania is included in the

"Balkan Route" of illegal migration, which influences all the main areas of society, including

the security of the state and that of its citizens.

One of the main issues in the last decade, at national and international level, is the

human trafficking, linked to the illegal migration, which is constantly increasing.

Human trafficking is an offense which affects human r ights, with profound economic

and social interference, due to the mobility and perceivable advantages of the phenomenon.

Until 2014, human trafficking was provided for by law 678/2001 regar ding the

prevention and control of human trafficking, but with the entry into force of the New Criminal

Code this offense was covered by the same code, provided by art. 210.

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KEY WORDS: human trafficking, security, phenomenon.

INTRODUCTION

The phenomenon of human trafficking is not an isolated phenomenon,specific to our

country; it has a n international and cross-border characterand is part of what we call

organized crime.

The concept of trafficking is not new and was first used in the 16th century as a

synonym for trade; therefore this ter m has no negative connotations. However, towards the

17th century, trafficking began to be associated with the illicit or illegal sale of goods.

Although initially trafficking was largely understood as the sa le of drugs a nd weapons

in the 19th century, this term also included the trading of people considered goods and sold in

slavery.

This slave trade was outlawed towards the end of the 19th century. At the beginning of

the 20th century, the term "trafficking" often referr ed to the "white slave tra de", which was

the cross-border movement of women and children for prostitution purposes. Only in the late

1990s trafficking was associated with the prostitution and sexual exploitation of women and

children.

Prostitution is considered one of the oldest "jobs in the world". Myths or historical

testimonies show tha t in a ncient times prostitution was not only eradicated but even

encouraged for var ious purposes.2

It should be noted that a number of important UN documents have r eferred to the

prohibition of human trafficking. We can enumerate the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights (1948), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), The

1 Romanian Criminal Code – Special Section – Title VII – Trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable p eople

2 M.Focault ,The History of sexuality , vol. 3 , Univers edition, Bucharest , 2005 , p.57.