Foreign Experience in Combating Human Trafficking

Introduction: this article examines trafficking in human beings as a transnational criminal phenomenon and a global social problem, reflecting the existing demand in society for various forms of human exploitation and requiring constant review and strengthening of responses by national governments and the international community. Materials and Methods: the material for the study was the legislative and other provisions of the European Union (EU) and individual Member States in combating trafficking in human beings. The study is based on the results of a combination of general and specific methods. The method of generalisation and comparative analysis was used to generalise and analyse the provisions on the subject under study. The functional method was used to identify the fundamental values and objectives in the field of combating human trafficking, while the structural method was used to identify the relationships between different legal phenomena. Results: a review of the legal basis for anti-trafficking legislation in the EU Member States and the national anti-trafficking plans of Italy, Germany and France was carried out. In recent years, the EU has actively strengthened anti-trafficking legislation in response to increasing statistics on human trafficking, changes in the way victims are recruited for criminal exploitation and the emergence of new forms of human exploitation. Discussion and Conclusions: a special category of victims of human trafficking worldwide are children, whose vulnerability is particularly increased during legal and illegal migration. Against the backdrop of a deteriorating geopolitical situation, increasing and widening migration flows, growing digital methods of recruiting people for the purpose of exploitation, and taking into account the global nature of the criminal phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, the analysis of foreign experiences of legal regulation can make a significant contribution to the development of international, uniform and effective strategies to combat trafficking in human beings, especially minors.