VIOLENCE - HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MIGRANT SMUGGLING

Question 1

What are the 2 offences to remember

Answer 1

Section 98C, CA1961 - Smuggling Migrants

Section 98D, CA1961 - Trafficking in Persons

Question 2

What are the main differences between the two offences of Smuggling Migrants and Human Trafficking

Answer 2

Migrant smuggling involves a person who has freely consented to be brought into New Zealand as an illegal immigrant and is not subjected to coercion or deception.

People trafficking involves a person who is brought into New Zealand by means of coercion and/or deception. People are often trafficked in order to exploit them in the destination country.

Main differences between the two offences:

• consent.
• the purpose of the travel or movement.
• the relationship between the person moved and the people enabling the movement.
• violence, intimidation, or coercion.
• liberty.
• profit.