What is the crime of human trafficking?

Trafficking in human beings is a crime of abducting and selling women and children.

Human trafficking refers to the recruitment, transportation, transfer, provision or acquisition of a person for the purpose of exploitation and utilization. The process of trafficking in human beings usually involves illegal means. Such as threats of violence, other forms of coercion, kidnapping, fraud, etc. Human trafficking is based on the violation of the victim's will and personal freedom. The main victims are women and children. As long as it is for profit, even if it is not sold after trafficking, or it is caught before getting the money, it constitutes the crime of human trafficking.

The crime of human trafficking has the following elements:

1, the object of crime is citizens' personal freedom. The object of crime is everyone, mainly women and children in practice;

2. The objective aspect of this crime is that the perpetrator has committed the act of abducting and selling people. Trafficking in human beings is against the will of the victims;

3. The subjective aspect of crime can only be direct and intentional, with profit-making purpose. As long as it is for profit, even if it is not sold after abduction, or actually there is no money to be captured, it does not affect the composition.

4. The subject of crime is the general subject.

To sum up, human trafficking also involves illegal organizations, which seriously undermines social stability and harmony. This has not only caused great harm to the families of trafficked persons, but also seriously undermined social order and fairness and justice. Infringe on basic rights such as life, freedom, security, health and education.

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 240

Whoever abducts and sells women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to death and his property shall be confiscated:

1, the ringleader of the trafficking in women and children group;

2. Abducting and selling more than three women and children;

3. Rape trafficked women;

4. Deceiving or forcing trafficked women to engage in prostitution or selling trafficked women to others for forced prostitution;

5. Kidnapping women and children by violence, coercion or anesthesia for the purpose of selling;

6. Stealing infants and young children for the purpose of selling;

7. Causing serious injury, death or other serious consequences to abducted women, children or their relatives;

8. Trafficking in women and children abroad.