CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT AGAINSTPERPRETRATORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Abstract

Criminal punishment is not only focused onto perpetrators of human trafficking, but also oriented to the interests of victims and community so that criminal justice objects to integrally defendmany interests. Trafficking crimes are serious crimes, thus the punishment of traffickers is severe punishment. Every country has laws regarding trafficking crimes in accordance with the applicable legal system. Each human trafficking crime case has different characteristics due to the condition of the perpetrator, the victim, the situation when the trafficking crime was committed. Therefore the court considers these factors which can be considered as weighting or reducing in sentence. The problem of this research is incriminating and mitigating factors that must be considered in imposing penalties against traffickers. The purpose of this research discussion is to explain the factors that are burdensome and mitigate in imposing crimes against traffickers. The library research method is used. The principle of punishment is the basis for imposing penalties on perpetrators of human trafficking by taking into account the factors of weighting and mitigation of punishment, in which the proportional principle takes precedence in addition to the other principles.