Citation

Kiemel J, ten Kate W. Justitiele Verkenn. 2007; 33(7): 96-106.

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(Copyright © 2007, Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum)

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Abstract

The Dutch Public Prosecutors Office intends to tackle the problem of trafficking in human beings more effectively with a so called 'programmatic approach'. This is an integral approach in which several (special) investigation services work together under the authority of the Public Prosecutors Office and In which also control services and the public administration participate. The aim is to throw up thresholds against criminal bahaviour where ever this is possible. An example of this programmatic approach is the Sheep investigation which started in 2006, an Investigation into a gang of organized traffickers in women operating in several cities in Holland, Belgium and Germany. The main emphasis was put on penal law in this approach; the investigations were focussed on so called barriers (entering, housing, identity, labor, financial flows). In this article the programmatic approach of Sneep is described and the first experiences are discussed. The investigation in court will start at the end of 2007, beginning 2008.


Keywords: Human trafficking

De aard en omvang van mensenhandel en mensensmokkel in Nederland zijn slechts bij benadering te duiden. Dat we te maken hebben met een ernstig probleem wordt met enige regelmaat bevestigd. Enkele schrijnende voorbeelden van mensenhandel en mensensmokkel zijn het drama van de Chinese mensensmokkel in Dover in 2000 en de Kraggenburgse pornozaak in 2004. Soms vinden mensenhandel en mensensmokkel plaats onder onze neus. Op een plek waar we het wel konden verwachten, maar war we het niet zagen, zoals in de vergunde sector van de prostitutiebranche.