How can we eradicate the long-standing problem of trafficking in women and children in China?
According to the new situation of the crime of abducting and selling women and children, I suggest taking active and effective countermeasures in the following six aspects:
The crime of suggesting buying and selling is the same. Fundamentally speaking, the crime of abducting and selling women and children has been repeatedly banned. A fundamental reason is that the seller of abducting and selling women and children is the black hand, and the buyer is the root of this crime. Without the demand for trafficking in women and children, there would be no market. Receiving buyers is the bane of trafficking in women and children. In most cases, buyers who abduct and sell women and children are purely educated, and the treatment of buyers is far lighter than that of sellers. If the principle of the same crime is implemented, it can play a deterrent role in law and cut off the black hand of buying and selling women and children.
It is suggested to raise the starting point of punishment. Article 240th of China's criminal law clearly stipulates the starting point of the crime of abducting and selling women and children. Whoever abducts and sells women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Although there are also provisions that "if the circumstances are particularly serious, they shall be sentenced to death and their property shall be confiscated", in practice, criminals who abduct and sell women and children are rarely sentenced to death.
Because the legal starting point is low, it can't play a deterrent role. Only majestic laws can save people and warn people not to break the law and commit crimes; Only majestic laws can increase the cost of illegal crimes and make people fear the law and dare not engage in illegal and criminal activities.
It is suggested that the right to self-defense of trafficked women should be guaranteed. This kind of self-defense means that trafficked women take the initiative to protect themselves against criminals who abduct and sell women. Criminal responsibility should not be investigated for this instinctive act of self-defense to protect personal safety. Let trafficked women know that their right to self-defense is protected by law.
It is suggested to play the supervisory role of grass-roots organizations. Grassroots organizations should keep abreast of the flow of foreign personnel. The work in this area is relatively weak. Therefore, towns, streets and neighborhood committees should timely analyze and grasp the changes of residents' families, especially the situation of migrant workers, and strengthen supervision in this regard.
It is recommended to take safety precautions. Personal safety precautions are fundamental to eradicate the long-standing problem of abducting and selling women and children in China. Only when everyone and family attach importance to this work, always sound the alarm bell, always be vigilant and do a good job of prevention can we effectively protect the personal safety of ourselves and their families and not provide opportunities for criminals who abduct and sell women and children.
It is suggested that we continue to crack down on illegal and criminal acts without mercy. Criminals who abduct and sell women and children should be severely cracked down. The Government Work Report of the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress put forward that "the crime of abducting and selling women and children should be severely cracked down and the legitimate rights and interests of women and children should be resolutely protected". We will continue to carry out in-depth special actions to crack down on the crime of abducting and selling women and children and resolutely curb this illegal and criminal act.
The illegal and criminal act of abducting and selling women and children is a great cancer of society. To eradicate the long-standing problem of abducting and selling women and children in China, we need to strengthen the awareness of personal safety prevention through the behavior of the whole people, everyone's attention and family's attention.
It is suggested to adjust the law, implement the same crime of buying and selling, raise the starting point of punishment and protect the right of self-defense of trafficked women; It is necessary to give play to the supervisory role of towns, streets and neighborhood committees on the floating population; We will continue to carry out in-depth special actions to crack down on the crime of abducting and selling women and children, resolutely curb this illegal and criminal act, and provide various guarantees for eradicating the long-standing problem of abducting and selling women and children in China.