Current Challenges of International Cooperation In The Area Of Human Trafficking Countering

Abstract

Paper presents research of the most topical issues of international cooperation in the area of transnational human trafficking countering with a set of proposals regarding possible solutions. First task is to establish the forms of criminal actions covered by the «human trafficking» definition in compliance with international agreements and domestic legislation of certain states. Authors created a list of these forms: exploitation of prostitution and forms of sexual exploitation; child trafficking; forced labour (slavery and slave traffic); involuntary disappearance; distribution of pornography; torturing; deprivation of freedom (captivity); sale of human foetuses and embryos; organ harvesting; illegal migration.Second issue under study is the implementation of international cooperation in the area of transnational human trafficking. It is stressed that such aspects as interaction of states, its authorized competent bodies, international organizations in the area if information exchange, joint investigations, designing new methods of crime detection, investigation and prevention are of the utmost importance.