| Abstract [eng] |
Human trafficking is one of the most dangerous and profitable crimes, during which basic human rights are violated and the victim is treated as a commodity. Victims of this crime are persons of both sexes, as well as minors - children. The crime of human trafficking manifests itself in various forms, one of them is exploitation for forced labor, during this crime a person's right to freely choose the desired job or not to work at all is violated. In this paper, exploitation for forced labor is analyzed as one of the forms of human trafficking, therefore the concepts of human trafficking and exploitation for forced labor are examined and it’s development in international and European Union law. The most important legal acts related to human trafficking are analyzed, as well as analyzing the spread of human trafficking and exploitation for forced labor on an international and European Union scale. The second part of the work discusses the regulation of exploitation for forced labor in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, while emphasizing that the exploitation of a person for services is possible together with exploitation for forced labor in the national law. Based on this, the paper analyzes the characteristics of the crimes of human trafficking (Article 147 of the Criminal Code) and exploitation for forced labor or services (Article 1471 of the Criminal Code). The third part of the paper reveals the relationship between the crime of exploitation for forced labor as a form of human trafficking and other crimes – exploitation for forced labor or services (article 1471 of the Criminal Code), using a person for forced labor or services (article 1472 of the Criminal Code), buying or selling a child (article 157 of the Criminal Code). |
