CRIMINAL ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the criminological analysis of human trafficking in
Ukraine. The values of the dynamics of reproduction of human trafficking for
2015–2024 allow us to identify sinusoidal fluctuations with an interval of 1 year.
The only exception is the period 2015–2017, in which the level has been
increasing for two years (2016 and 2017). The remaining years of the dynamics
series alternately demonstrate an increase and decrease in the level without a
general pronounced trend. The average value of the series is 198 crimes. The
criminal-law structure of human trafficking indicates the severity of this crime,
the highly dangerous nature of criminal practices. Directly in the structure of
criminal offenses provided for in Art. 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, those
prevail, the features of the composition of which are fixed in Part 2 of this article.
At the same time, it is worth emphasizing the dynamic changes in the structure,
which, although they do not show a stable trend, are less evident in the episodic
increase in the share of especially qualified elements in the structure of criminal
offenses provided for in Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which is
almost never recorded on a significant scale by the indicator of the main element
of the crime. A relatively high share of group criminal activity in the structure of
human trafficking is recorded.