Anu Baum

Central Criminal Police

Bratislava March 26-27 2013

Data Collection on Traffincking in Human BeingsEstonia

Penal Code

Changes in the Penal Code were done in April 2012, until that, Estonia did not have human trafficking in the Penal Code as a separate crime

Human trafficking was classified as different crimes e.g. mediating prostitution, forcing a minor to prostitution, producing child pornography, enslaving etc

That regulation was not sufficient, especially in cases of work slavery and smuggling; it was also difficult to protect victims of human trafficking in accordance to EU requirements in criminal investigations

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Penal Code since 14.04.2012:

§ 133. Trafficking in human beings § 1331. Support to human trafficking § 1332. Pimping § 1333. Aiding prostitution § 134. Abduction § 175. Human trafficking in order to take advantage

of minors

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Gathering data and international cooperation

Firstly it should be emphasized, that compared to the situation 10 years ago, there has been a decrease in prostitution and pimping Estonian women to other countries;

Main target countries are Finland, the UK, Germany, the USA, Denmark and Spain.

A new trend could be the increased pressure on out state border – i.e. attempts to cross the border of Estonia and Russia (Estonia and Russia do not have a border agreement).

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More specifically

The victim turns to the police themselves By third parties – mostly NGOs or Social Insurance

Board Cooperation with law enforcement agencies of other

countries Cooperation with managers of portals Web monitoring Information gathered by police Cooperation with Border Guard and the population

near the borders

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Be territorially categorized:

Tallinn, the capital – where the population is 400 000 and about 8 million tourists visit every year

Borderlands of Estonia-Russia, mostly in the south, where the border is only on the land

Tallinn – Helsinki line.

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Future

We do not currently have a set order on how and who has to forward the information - By the end of 2013, the rules of the process information and data exchange should be set – especially the exchange between the Social Insurance Board and Police.

Accept and adjust internal laws with the European Parliament and Council directive 2011/36/EU.

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Questions?

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