Illegal removal of minors abroad in connection with child trafficking

Abstract

Human trafficking can be seen as a modern version of slavery; it isestimated to be the second most lucrative branch of international organizedcrime. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the profitfrom forced labour reaches $ 32 billion a year. One of the most vulnerablegroups targeted by human traffickers are children.In view of the fact that Hungary can also be regarded as a country of origin, destination and transit fortrafficking in human beings, it is necessarily intertwined with the phenomenonof the illegal removal of minors abroad. Acts involving the illegal removal ofminors abroad do not constitute an independent legal category, this is a specialumbrella term for when a minor is attempted to cross the border of the state oforigin or current residence by other means of other means in breach of itslegislation.