Police Indicator 22: Existence of standard procedures and guidelines to identify and prosecute traffickers

There are no standard governmental procedures and guidelines to identify and prosecute traffickers. There is still no anti-trafficking law. However, the penal code includes punishments for the person who commits trafficking with up to 10 years imprisonment (article 303).

There are no standard governmental procedures and guidelines to identify and prosecute traffickers. The law No. 64 of 2010 regarding combating human trafficking includes punishment for the person who commits human trafficking that reaches life imprisonment (article 6), but it does not include or stipulate on following specific guidelines to identify traffickers.

There are no standard governmental procedures and guidelines to identify and prosecute traffickers. The anti-trafficking law of 2009 includes punishments for the persons who commit human trafficking crimes with up to 10 years imprisonment (article 9). The article imposes additional punishment in case the victim is a woman or a person with disabilities, and increases the severity of the punishment if the perpetrator is a public sector/ service employee and has committed the crime by exploiting his position or public services. However, the law does not include or stipulate clear standard procedures and guidelines to identify traffickers.

There are no standard governmental procedures and guidelines to identify and prosecute traffickers. The law No. 164 on punishment for the crime of trafficking of persons of 2011 includes punishments for the persons who commit human trafficking crimes with up to 15 years imprisonment (article 586-4), but it does not include or stipulate on following clear standard procedures and guidelines to identify traffickers.

There are no standard governmental procedures and guidelines to identify and prosecute traffickers. The anti-trafficking law No. 27.14 of 2016 includes punishments for the persons who commit human trafficking crimes with up to 20 years imprisonment (article 3-448), but it does not include or stipulate on following clear standard procedures and guidelines to identify traffickers.

There are no specific governmental guidelines to be used by law to identify trafficked women and there is no specific anti-trafficking law. However, there are some provisions of the penal code of Jordan and the child law which apply to trafficking in the West Bank.

The 2016 law on trafficking of persons has created a set of procedures to identify and prosecute traffickers with up to 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine (article 8). Persons who do not report acts of trafficking of which they are aware shall be punished with one year of imprisonment and a fine (art 14).