CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CROATIA AND SERBIA

Abstract

Human trafficking is one of the cruelest crimes against humanity and other goods
protected by international law and one of the most brutal violations of fundamental
human rights. Modus operandi of recruiting and exploiting victims of trafficking has
become increasingly perfidious and brutal. Trafficking in human beings is a global
problem and a phenomenon of today’s society and time. The paper provides an
overview of the international legal framework for combating trafficking in human
beings and provides a comparative overview of the solution of national criminal
legislation in the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Serbia. The authors point
out the criminal law solutions of Croatia and Serbia in the suppression of human
trafficking, as well as the similarities and distinctions in terms of incriminations and
prescribed criminal sanctions. In the concluding remarks, an assessment of the de lege
lata situation in Croatia and Serbia was given, and, accordingly, possible proposals
for a de lege ferenda in the fight against human trafficking were given.