Escravidão moderna: análise da legislação pátria e dos impactos sociais advindos do tráfico de pessoas

Abstract

Human trafficking is not a contemporary problem, as it is possible to identify this practice since the colonization of Brazilian lands by the Portuguese, who brought Africans to work as slaves in the most varied activities. Although ancient, this situation persists to this day, varying its range of purposes, as human trafficking is aimed at prostitution, illegal adoption, sale of organs and slave labor. Globalization has made it easier for recruiters and their entire criminal network to operate. Furthermore, another relevant point when dealing with factors that contribute to the occurrence of this crime is the social vulnerability of the majority of the world's population. The lack of assistance from the State to guarantee basic rights contributes to the fact that misleading proposals for better living conditions made by recruiters become irrefutable. The idea of this work is to analyze the effectiveness of Brazilian legislation in combating and preventing crime typified in article 149-A of the Brazilian Penal Code. Subsidiarily, a historical overview will be made of the emergence of human trafficking, the profile of the recruiters and victims, how social vulnerability impacts this scenario and measures that can be taken to combat and protect society from this crime. To this end, an exploratory study was developed, which used data collection from bibliographic sources available in physical and digital media, using the hypothetical deductive approach method. In the end, it is concluded that although there is an extensive range of legislation and international treaties, mutual help and dialogue between governments and institutions are necessary for all combat and prevention projects to be effective.