Penal Code - Chapter 33 - Crimes of Kidnapping, Abduction and Human Trafficking

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See our commentary on how this may be applied to cases of international parental abduction.

(Abduction and Kidnapping of a Minor)

Article 224-- A person who abducts or kidnaps a minor is subject to imprisonment for a period of more than three months and less than 7 years.

Article 225--TBD

(Abduction and Kidnapping for the Purpose of Transfer Outside the Country in Which They Are Located)

Article 226-- A person who abducts or kidnaps a person with the objective of transporting that person outside the country in which that person is located is subject to penal servitude for a period of more than two years.

Human Trafficking (lit: Buying And Selling People)

Article 226 Clause 2-- A person who buys another person is subject to penal servitude of at least 3 months and no more than 5 years.

2) A person who buys a minor is subject to penal servitude of at least 3 months but no more than 7 years.

3) <Something about committing violence. TBD>

4)  A person who sells another person is subject to the same penalties as in the previous sub-clause.

5) A person who buys or sells a person with the objective of transporting that person outside the country in which that person is located is subject to penal servitude for a period of more than two years.

(Person Who Transports Abducted or Trafficked Person)

Article 226 Clause 3-- A person who transports and abducted, kidnapped or bought/sold person outside the country which they located in  is subject to penal servitude for a period of more than two years.

<<continues to Article 229>>

<TBD>