Compliance with reasonable time in human trafficking cases.

• In Event: Criminology of Mobility. Panel 8. Detection of trafficking in human beings and conviction of the perpetrators

Abstract

Trafficking in human beings is one of the most serious forms of organized crime and a major problem facing contemporary society. The growth of this type of crime is seriously undermining the confidence that every citizen has in the ability of state bodies to eliminate this plague from society. However, it should not be overlooked that criminal cases involving trafficking in human beings are complex. Most of the time such crimes are committed within an organized criminal group. However, the complexity of the investigation is not only determined by the need to establish the involvement of a large number of suspects. In most cases, such acts are cross-border in nature. In these circumstances, the gathering of evidence requires cooperation with the authorities of other states. In these circumstances, it is necessary to strike a balance between the need to establish the facts while respecting the guarantees imposed by the right to a fair trial, on the one hand, and the need to resolve the case within a reasonable time. In this respect, we intend to observe in this study the number of cases concerning the crime of trafficking in human beings that are brought before the Bucharest Tribunal (the largest court in Romania that has the competence to judge this crime in first instance) and the normal time normally taken to resolve such cases.

Author

• Andrei Viorel Iugan, Bucharest Economic School, Faculty of Law