Citation

박찬걸. Korean J. Vict. 2012; 20(1): 317-357.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Korean Victims Association)

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Abstract

The term 'victim of sexual traffic' means persons falling under any of the following items; (1) A person compelled to engage in sexual traffic by means of a deceptive scheme or by force, or by other means equivalent thereto, (2) A person who has engaged in sexual traffic, while addicted to narcotics, psychotropic drugs or cannabis referred to in Article 2 of the Act on the Control of Narcotics, etc. by person protecting or grading him/her due to business relationships, employment relationships and other relationships, (3) A juvenile, person having no or weak ability to discern things or make decisions, or a person with serious disabilities determined by Presidential Decree who are solicited or enticed to engage in sexual traffic, (4)A person who has been trafficked aimed at sexual traffic. This study explores the victim of sexual traffic related articles in the act on the punishment of acts of arranging sexual traffic, etc., which had been newly defined in the in the Sex-trading Punishment Law different from the similar articles in the previous Prostitution Prevention Law. Then the interpretation and legislation issues of victim of sexual traffic related articles are extracted and relevant improvement suggestions will be given. For this, first, the introduction background of victim of sexual traffic articles and the meanings implicated by such articles are analyzed based on the related official statistics. Next, the four types of victim of sexual traffic concepts defined in Article 2-1-4of Sex-trading Punishment Law are analyzed in sequence. At the same time, issues in legal system are drawn and improvement suggestions are given. As last, the special articles acknowledged to the victim of sexual traffic such as the prohibition of criminal punishment, the protection measures and the treatment as a case to protect will be examined. Then the discussion will be closed.