Adoption of the law on combating human trafficking � A new milestone in the development of the legal policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Relevance. The relevance of the article is due to the need to study the problems of forming a legal policy to combat human trafficking, and subsequently to create an effective legislative regulation of this area. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to assess the legal policy, as well as the legal status in the field of legislative regulation of combating human trafficking in the Republic of Kazakhstan and to analyse the draft law developed in this area. Methodology. Such methods as dialectical, comparative legal, method of induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, and functional method were used to achieve this goal. Results. The peculiarities of the formation of a new legal policy in the field of combating human trafficking are revealed. The connections of the legal policy of combating human trafficking in the Republic of Kazakhstan with other areas of state policy are characterized. The article considers problems of forming a global legal policy to combat human trafficking, which is recognized as transnational organized crime. Scientific provisions are formed to improve the legal policy in the field of combating human trafficking. The particular importance of the need to modernize the legal policy and adopt a separate law on combating human trafficking is emphasized. Conclusions. The conclusions obtained in the article develop criminal law science, criminal political science and contribute to the solution of practical issues regarding the prevention and suppression of human trafficking. Keywords: forced labor; human exploitation; legislation; crime victim; illegal migration