Nueva regulación de la trata, el tráfico ilegal y la inmigración clandestina de personas

Abstract

In October 1999, the European Council urged to the establishmentof a common European criminal frame regarding the fightagainst human trafficking , to severely penalize this serious crime. Sincethen, national and regional initiatives have increased for it to becomeeffective.During the last decade Spain has progressively adapted itsinner legislation, with greater or lesser success, to the requirements ofthe international rules regarding human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.The different types of smuggling of migrants overlapped and weremultiplied due to several reforms; thus numerous practical problems havearisen, being these not easily solved.The process began with the OrganicLaw 11/1999, of April 30, and culminates with the amendment of theSpanish Criminal Code by Organic Law 5/2010, of June 22.