A new Law Combatting Human Trafficking was issued in this week’s issue of the Official Gazette replacing the Law Combatting Human Trafficking of 2008.
The Law Combatting Human Trafficking of 2025 adds new detailed definitions for human trafficking concepts that were not defined in the previous law, such as sexual exploitation and forced labour. The law also criminalises new trafficking activities such as deporting and detaining of humans in the context of human trafficking. The punishments under the law have also been increased so that the maximum prison sentence for general offences is increased from 7 to 10 years.
The Law Combatting Human Trafficking of 2025 has already entered into force. You can read it in full in English on the link below: