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Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA.

This Directive lays down minimum common rules for determining offences of trafficking in human beings and punishing offenders. It also provides for measures to better prevent this phenomenon and to strengthen the protection of victims.


type: Directive

Reference number: 2011/36/EU

Issue date: 05-04-11

Official Journal: OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, pp. 1–11

Link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:jl0058

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