Warnath Group experts have been involved in in-depth analysis – working with governments and civil society – to improve anti-trafficking laws and associated policies and practices in countries around the world.
This collection contains laws and related material that provide the legal and institutional framework for coordinating countries’ anti-trafficking activities, investigating and convicting perpetrators, providing safety and care for victims and preventing trafficking in the first place.
Locating human trafficking laws for countries can be challenging. Individual documents are dispersed across the internet, while existing collections are partial and often allowed to fall out-of-date. In part because of the attention of the international community to the issue of human trafficking, countries regularly revise their applicable laws. We will endeavor to make this collection as complete as possible and to keep it updated. If you have information about enactment of newer versions of a country’s laws or associated material (rules, directives, guidance, etc.), we invite you to share those with us at: info@warnathgroup.com.
The material offered on this website is for informational purposes only and may not reflect the most current legal developments. These informational materials are not intended, and must not be taken, as legal advice on any particular set of facts or circumstances.
United Nations
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the United Nations Website.
2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Armed Conflict
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the United Nations Website.
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the United Nations Website.
European Union
2011 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
Council of Europe
2005 Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
European Court of Human Rights
1950 European Convention on Human Rights (as amended in 2010)
Case of Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia
Case of Elizabeth Kawogo v. the United Kingdom
International Criminal Court
1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
International Labor Organization
2014 Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the International Labor Organization’s website.
2011 Convention 189, Domestic Workers
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the International Labor Organization’s website.
1999 Convention 182, Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the International Labor Organization’s website.
1957 Convention 105, Abolition of Forced Labor
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the International Labor Organization’s website.
1930 Convention 29, Forced Labor
- For information on which countries are signatories or state parties, please see the International Labor Organization’s website.
Afghanistan
2017 Law to Combat Crimes of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (available in Persian)
2017 Decree No. 256 Penal Code
Albania
1995 Criminal Code (as amended in 2015) (Articles 110, 128)
Algeria
2009 Criminal Code (Section 5) (available in French)
Andorra
2005 Criminal Code (Articles 121, 134, 152, 252) (available in French)
Angola
2014 Law No. 3/14 (Chapter III, Articles 18-23) (available in Portuguese)
2017 Penal Code
Antigua and Barbuda
2015 The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention) (Amendment) Act
2010 Trafficking in Persons (Prevention) Act
Argentina
2012 Law 26842 (available in Spanish)
Armenia
2015 Law on Identification and Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking and Exploitation (draft available)
2003 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 132, 132-2)
Aruba
Criminal Code (as amended in 2006) (Articles 203a, 286a)
Australia
1995 Criminal Code Part 1 and Part 2 (as amended in 2017)
2013 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slavery-like Conditions and People Trafficking) Act
2013 Migration Amendment (Reform of Employer Sanctions) Act 2013
2007 Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Act 2007
Austria
1974 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 104, 116, 217) (available in German)
Azerbaijan
2005 Law on the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons
1999 Criminal Code (as amended in 2010) (Article 144) (available in Azerbaijani)
Bahamas
2008 Trafficking in Persons Prevention and Suppression Act
Bahrain
2008 Law No. 1
Bangladesh
2012 Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act
Barbados
2016 Trafficking in Persons Prevention Act (TIPPA)
1994 Offenses Against the Person Act (Articles 18, 20, 33 and 34)
Belarus
1999 Criminal Code (as amended in 2013) (Article 181) (available in Russian)
Belgium
1995 Act Containing Measures to Repress Trafficking in Persons (as amended in 2005)
2006 Law amending the Aliens Law of 15 December 1980 (Articles 61/2 to 61/15)
Belize
2013 Commercial Exploitation of Children (Prohibition) Act
2013 Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Act
Benin
2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking (available in French)
Bhutan
2004 Penal Code (Article 154, 227, 379) (amended in 2011)
2011 Child Care and Protection Act (Article 224)
Bolivia
2012 Law 263 (available in Spanish)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2003 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016) (Articles 210a, 210b) (available in Bosnian)
Botswana
2014 Anti-Human Trafficking Act
2009 Children’s Act
Brazil
2016 Law 13.344 (available in Portuguese)
1940 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 149, 231, 231-A) (available in Portuguese)
Brunei Darussalam
2004 Trafficking and Smuggling Persons Order
Bulgaria
1968 Penal Code (as amended in 2014) (Article 159) (available in Bulgarian)
2003 Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Act
Burkina Faso
2015 Law No. 061-2015/CNT Law on the Prevention and Repression of Violence Against Women and Girls and Support for Victims (available in French)
2008 Law No. 029/AN on the Fight against Trafficking in Persons and Similar Practices
Burma
2005 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law
2012 Wards and Village Tracts Administration Act
1861 Penal Code (Section 374)
Burundi
2014 Anti-Trafficking Law (available in French)
1981 Criminal Code (as amended in 2009) (Articles 242, 243) (available in French)
1993 Labor Law (Article 2) (available in French)
Cabo Verde
2003 Penal Code (as amended in 2015) (Articles 148, 149, 271, 271A)
2007 Labor Code (Article 14) (available in Portuguese)
Cambodia
2008 Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Cameroon
2016 Penal Code (Section 432-1) (Available in English and French; the two versions define “trafficking in persons” differently)
Canada
1995 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Section 279.01, 279.02, 279.03)
2001 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (as amended in 2017) (Section 118)
Central African Republic
2010 Penal Code (Article 151)
2009 Labor Code (Articles 7,8) (available in French)
Chad
1996 Constitution (Article 20)
1996 Labor Code (Title 5) (Available in French)
1967 Penal Code (Articles 279, 280) (2016 amendments forthcoming)
Chile
2011 Law 20.507 (available in Spanish)
1874 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Article 367) (available in Spanish)
China
1979 Criminal Code (as amended in 2007) (Articles 240, 241, 244, 358, 359)
Colombia
2005 Law 985 (Article 141, 188, 188A, 188B) (available in Spanish)
Comoros
2015 Law Countering Child Labor and Trafficking in Children (Article 6)
1981 Penal Code (as amended in 1995) (Articles 310, 311, 323, 333) (available in French) (2014 amendments pending)
1984 Labor Code (as amended in 2012) (Article 2) (1984 Code available in French; 2012 Amendments available in French)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2009 Law 09/001 Child Protection Code (available in French)
2006 Law 6/018 (Sexual Violence Statute) (available in French)
Republic of the Congo
2015 (draft anti-trafficking legislation pending)
2010 Child Protection Code (Article 60, Chapter 2)
2002 Labor Code (Article 4)
Costa Rica
2012 Law 9095 (available in Spanish)
1970 Criminal Code (as amended in 2010) (Articles 170, 171, 172, 189) (available in Spanish)
Cote d’Ivoire
2016 Law No. 2016-1111 Relating to the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons (Available in French)
2010 Law No. 2010-272 Pertaining to the Prohibition of Child Trafficking and the Worst Forms of Child Labor
1981 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 335, 336, 376, 378) (Available in French)
Croatia
1997 Criminal Code (as amended in 2011) (Articles 105, 106) (Available in Croatian)
Cuba
1987 Penal Code (as amended in 2009) (Articles 299.1, 300.1, 303, 310.1, 312.1, 316.1) [unofficial translation – source: Lawyers Without Borders UK]
2014 Labor Code (Article 116)
Curacao
2011 Criminal Code (Article 2:239)
Cyprus
2014 Law 60(I)
Czech Republic
2009 Criminal Code (Section 168) (amended in 2014)
Denmark
1930 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Section 262a)
Djibouti
2016 Law 133 On the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons and Illicit Smuggling of Migrants (available in French)
2011 Law 111 Regarding the Fight Against Terrorism and Other Serious Crimes (available in French)
Dominica
2013 Act 13 Transnational Organized Crime (Prevention and Control) Act (Part III, Section 8)
Dominican Republic
2003 Law 137-03 (available in Spanish)
2003 Law 136-03 Code for the Protection and Fundamental Rights of Children and Adolescents (Article 25) (Available in Spanish)
1884 Penal Code (as amended in 2007) (Article 334) (available in Spanish)
Ecuador
2014 Penal Code (Articles 91, 100, 101, 102, 105) (available in Spanish)
2003 Children and Adolescents Code (Articles 69, 70, 81, 91) (available in Spanish)
Egypt
2014 Constitution (Articles 80, 89) source Constitute
2010 Law No. 64 (Anti-Trafficking Law)
2008 Law No. 126 (Child Law)
El Salvador
2014 Special Law against Trafficking in Persons (available in Spanish)
1997 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Article 367B) (available in Spanish)
Equatorial Guinea
2004 Law on the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons
Eritrea
2015 Penal Code (Articles 315, 316, 317, 318, 391)
1957 Penal Code (Articles 565, 605)
Estonia
2001 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 133, 175)
Ethiopia
2015 Proclamation No. 909/2015, To Provide for the Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling Migrants (available in English and Amharic)
2009 Proclamation No. 632/2009 of 2009, Employment Exchange Services Proclamation (available in English and Amharic)
Fiji
2009 Crimes Decree
Finland
1894 Penal Code Law 1889-39 (as amended in 2015)
France
1992 Penal Code (as amended in 2016) (Article 225-4) (available in French)
Gabon
2004 Law 09/04 Concerning the Prevention and the Fight Against the Trafficking of Children in the Gabonese Republic (available in French) (2013 Draft Amendment pending)
1963 Penal Code (Articles 48, 261)
1994 Law 21/63-94
1994 Law 3/94 Labor Code (Title 1, Article 4) (available in French)
The Gambia
2007 Trafficking in Persons Act (2010 amendment)
2005 Children’s Act
2003 Tourism Offenses Act
Georgia
2006 Law on Combating Trafficking in Persons
1999 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016) (Article 143)
Germany
2016 Act to improve the fight against Human Trafficking and to amend the Federal Central Register Law as well as the Eighth Book of the Social Code (available in German)
1971 Penal Code (as amended in 2013) (Sections 232, 233)
Ghana
2009 Act 784 Human Trafficking (Amendment) Act
Greece
2013 Law 4198/2013 (available in Greek)
2003 Presidential Decree 233/2003
2002 Law 3064/2002
Grenada
2014 Anti-Human Trafficking Act
Guatemala
2009 Anti-Trafficking Law (available in Spanish)
Guinea
2016 Penal Code (Articles 323) (available in French)
2010 Child Code (Articles 385-396)
Guinea-Bissau
2011 Public Law 12/2011 (available in Portuguese)
2009 Child Code
Guyana
2005 Combating Trafficking of Persons Act
Haiti
2014 Law No. CL/2014-0010
Honduras
2012 Decree 59-2012 (Anti-Trafficking Law) (available in Spanish)
Hong Kong
1971 Crimes Ordinance (as amended in 2014) (Section 129, 130, 131)
2013 Prosecution Code (Section 18.1)
Hungary
2013 Criminal Code (Article 192, 192(3), 193, 203)
Iceland
1940 Criminal Code (as amended in 2015) (Article 227a)
India
1860 Penal Code (Section 370) (Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013)
2016 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act
2015 Secluded Castes and the Secluded Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act
1976 The Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act
1956 The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
Indonesia
2007 Law 21-2007 (Anti-Trafficking Law)
2014 Child Protection Law (available in Bahasa Indonesia)
Iran
2004 Law on Combating Human Trafficking (available in Persian)
Iraq
2012 Anti-Trafficking Law
Ireland
2013 Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Amendment
2008 Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act
2015 Criminal Law (Sexual Offenses) Bill
Israel
2006 Anti-Trafficking Law
Italy
2003 Measures Against Trafficking in Persons Law
Jamaica
2007 Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act (2013 Amendment)
2014 Criminal Justice Act
Japan
1907 Penal Code (as amended in 2006) (Articles 226-2, 227)
1956 Prostitution Prevention Law (Articles 7, 10, 12)
1947 Labor Standards Act (as amended in 2008) (Article 5)
1947 Employment Security Law (as amended in 2007) (Article 63)
1947 Child Welfare Law (Amended 2007) (available in Japanese)
Jordan
2009 Anti-Human Trafficking Law
Kazakhstan
1997 Penal Code (as amended in 2016) (Articles 68, 128, 135, 125 (3b), 126 (3b), 308, 134) (available in Kazakh)
Kenya
2010 Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act
2006 Sexual Offenses Act
Kiribati
2008 Act to Amend The Measures to Combat Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime Act 2005
2005 Measures to Combat Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime Act
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
No information available.
Republic of Korea
1953 Criminal Code (as amended in 2013) (Chapter 31)
2004 Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic
2011 Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse
1997 Labor Standards Act
Kosovo
2002 Criminal Code (Article 169, 171, 231)
Kuwait
2013 Law 91/2013 Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
2010 New Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 (amended in 2016)
Kyrgyz Republic
1997 Criminal Code (Articles 124, 260, 261) (amended in 2016)
2012 Code on Children (Article 15)
Laos
2015 Anti-Trafficking Law (Article 134) (available in Lao)
Latvia
1998 Criminal Code (as amended in 2013) (Sections 154-1, 154-2)
Lebanon
2011 Law Number 164 (Anti-Trafficking Law)
Lesotho
2011 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
2011 Children’s Protection and Welfare Act (Article 67)
Liberia
2005 Act to Ban Trafficking in Persons
Libya
1953 Penal Code (as amended in 2014) (available in Arabic)
Lithuania
2000 Criminal Code (as amended in 2010) (Articles 147, 157)
Luxembourg
1879 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 382-1, 382-2) (available in French)
Macau
2008 Law Number 6/2008
Macedonia
1996 Criminal Code (as amended in 2013) (Articles 418-a, 418-d) (available in Macedonian)
Madagascar
2014 Law No. 2014-040 (available in French)
2007 Anti-Trafficking Law 2007-038
Malawi
2015 Anti-Trafficking Law
Malaysia
2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (as amended in 2015)
Maldives
2013 Prevention of Human Trafficking Act (Articles 14, 15)
Mali
2012 Law 2012-023 Relating to the Combat against Trafficking in Persons and Similar Practices (available in French)
Malta
1854 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016) (Article 248A-G)
Marshall Islands
2017 Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons Act
Mauritania
2015 Anti-Slavery Law (available in French)
2003 Law On Suppression of Trafficking in Persons No. 025
Mauritius
2009 Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act
2008 Judicial Provisions Act
2005 Child Protection Act
Mexico
2012 Anti-Trafficking Law (available in Spanish)
Micronesia
2012 Anti-Trafficking Law
Moldova
2002 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 165, 168, 206) (available in Romanian)
Mongolia
2002 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 113, 124, 168) (available in Mongolian)
Montenegro
2003 Criminal Code (as amended in 2004) (Article 444)
Morocco
2016 Anti-Human Trafficking Law (Law 27.14)
1962 Penal Code (as amended in 2004) (Article 467-2, 497-499) (available in Arabic and in French)
2003 Labor Code (Article 10) (available in French)
Mozambique
2008 Law on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking of People
2014 Penal Code
Namibia
2015 Child Care and Protection Act
2009 Prevention of Organized Crime Act
Nepal
2007 Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act
2002 Bonded Labor (Prohibition) Act
2000 Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
Netherlands
1881 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Article 273f) (available in Dutch)
New Zealand
1961 Crimes Act (Article 98)
Nicaragua
2015 Law No.896 Against Human Trafficking (available in Spanish)
Niger
2010 Order No. 2012-86 on Combating Trafficking in Persons
1961 Penal Code (as amended in 2003) (Articles 270, 293, 181) (available in French)
2012 Labor Code (available in French)
Nigeria
2013 Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition), Enforcement and Administration Act (as amended in 2015)
2015 Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland)
Norway
1902 Penal Code (amended 2015) (Sections 257, 258)
Oman
2008 Royal Decree No. 126/2008 (Law Combating Trafficking in Persons)
2014 Sultani Decree No. 22/2014 Promulgating the Child Law (available in Arabic)
Pakistan
1860 Penal Code (as amended in 2016) (Section 369A)
2002 Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance
1992 Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act (BLSA)
Palau
2005 Anti-Smuggling and Trafficking Act
Panama
2011 Law 79 (available in Spanish)
2007 Penal Code (as amended in 2015) (Articles 180, 186) (available in Spanish)
Papua New Guinea
2013 Criminal Code Amendment Act of 2013
Paraguay
2012 Law 4788 Comprehensive Anti-Trafficking Law (available in Spanish)
Peru
1991 Penal Code (as amended in 2016) (Article 153) (available in Spanish)
Philippines
2003 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
2012 Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
Poland
1997 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016)(Articles 115.22, 115.23, 189a, 203, 204.3) (available in Polish)
Portugal
1982 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 159, 160, 169, 175) (available in Portuguese)
2003 Labor Code (as amended in 2017) (available in Portuguese)
Qatar
2011 Anti-Trafficking Law
Romania
2009 Criminal Code (as amended in 2012) (Article 210, 211, 367)
Russia
1996 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 127.1, 127.2) (available in Russian)
Rwanda
2012 Penal Code (Chapter 8)
2012 Law Relating to the Rights and Protection of the Child (article 51)
St. Lucia
St. Maarten
2012 Penal Code (Articles 2:239-245)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2011 Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act
Saudi Arabia
2009 Suppression of the Trafficking in Persons Act (Royal Decree M/40) [translation – source: Protection Project]
Scotland
2015 Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill
Senegal
2005 Law to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Related Practices and to Protect Victims
Serbia
2005 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016) (Articles 388, 390) (available in Serbian)
Seychelles
2014 Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons Act
1955 Penal Code (as amended in 2012) (Sections 259, 251)
Sierra Leone
2005 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
2012 Sexual Offenses Act
2007 Child Rights Act
1956 Laws of Sierra Leone (Chapter 215)
Singapore
2014 Prevention of Human Trafficking Act
1961 Women’s Charter (as amended in 2016) (Articles 140, 141)
Slovak Republic
2005 Criminal Code (as amended in 2017) (Section 179) (available in Slovak)
Slovenia
2008 Criminal Code (as amended in 2012) (Articles 112, 113, 175) (available in Slovenian)
Solomon Islands
2012 Immigration Act
2016 Penal Code (Amendment) (Sexual Offences) Bill (Article 143)
Somalia
Penal Code (Articles 408 (1), 455, 457, 464)
South Africa
2013 Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act
2007 Sexual Offenses Act (as amended in 2013) (2014 Amendment)
2005 Children’s Act (2016 Amendments Acts 17, 18)
1998 Prevention of Organized Crime Act (as amended in 2007)
1997 Basic Conditions of Employment Act (as amended in 2014)
South Sudan
2008 Penal Code (Articles 258, 276, 278, 279, 282)
2008 Child Act
Spain
1995 Criminal Code (as amended in 2015) (Article 177 bis) (available in Spanish)
Sri Lanka
2005 Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution Act No. 30
1883 Penal Code (as amended in 2006) (Article 360 (C), 360 (A))
Sudan
2014 Combatting of Human Trafficking Act
Suriname
1911 Criminal Code (as amended in 2015) (available in Dutch)
Swaziland
2009 People Trafficking and People Smuggling (Prohibition) Act
Sweden
2002 Anti-Trafficking Law
Switzerland
1937 Penal Code (as amended in 2017) (Articles 180, 181, 182, 195, 196)
Syria
2013 Law No. 11/2013 (available in Arabic)
2011 Decree No. 3/2011
Taiwan
2009 Human Trafficking Prevention and Control Act
Tajikistan
1998 Criminal Code (as amended in 2011) (Articles 130.1, 130.2, 132, 167, 241.2)
Tanzania
2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
Thailand
2016 Beggar Control Act (available in Thai)
2008 Anti-Trafficking Law
Timor-Leste
2017 Law on Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking
2009 Penal Code (Article 163, 164)
Togo
Penal Code (as amended in 2015) (Articles 317-320) (available in French)
2006 Labor Code (Article 4) (available in French)
2007 Child Code (available in French)
2005 Law Related to Child Trafficking (available in French)
Tonga
2013 Counter Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime Act
Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Trafficking in Persons Act
Tunisia
2016 Law No. 61 Relating to the Prevention and the Fight Against Human Trafficking (available in French)
1913 Penal Code (as amended in 2012) (available in French)
Turkey
2004 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016) (Articles 80, 227(1))
Turkmenistan
2016 Anti-Trafficking Law
1997 Criminal Code (as amended in 2016) (Article 129, 129 (1))
Uganda
2009 Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act
Ukraine
2001 Criminal Code (as amended in 2010) (Article 149)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
2015 Modern Slavery Act
For information on the laws of Northern Ireland and Scotland, please see the individual entries for these countries.
United States
2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Reauthorized 2003 2005 2008 2013
2012 Executive Order – Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts
Uruguay
2008 Immigration Law (Articles 78, 79, 81) (available in Spanish)
1967 Penal Code (as amended in 2014) (Articles 280, 281) (available in Spanish)
2004 Sexual Violence Law No. 17.815 (available in Spanish)
1927 Law No. 8.080 (available in Spanish)
Uzbekistan
1994 Criminal Code (as amended in 2002) (Article 135)
Venezuela
2007 Law on Women’s Rights (available in Spanish)
2005 Law on Organized Crime (as amended in 2012) (available in Spanish)
Vietnam
1999 Penal Code (as amended in 2015) (Articles 119, 120, 150, 151)
Yemen
1994 Penal Code (Article 248)
2002 Child Rights Law (Article 161)
Zambia
2008 Anti-Trafficking Act
Zimbabwe
2014 Trafficking in Persons Act
2015 Labour Relations Amendment Act
2004 Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (as amended in 2009)