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Human trafficking (tráfico de pessoas)Verified against official source
Verified against official source
This range was checked against the official legal text. Last verified: 2026-10-19.
Statutory range
Art. 149-A caput — tráfico de pessoas (recruiting / transporting / transferring / lodging / sheltering, by grave threat, violence, coercion, fraud or abuse, for organ removal, slave-like labour, servitude, illegal adoption or sexual exploitation)
- Imprisonment
- Reclusão 4–8 years
- Fine
- Multa
Art. 149-A §1 — committed by a public official in function or under pretext; against a child / adolescent / elderly / disabled person; family / domestic / cohabitation / hospitality / economic-dependence / authority relationship; victim taken from national territory
- Imprisonment
- Range INCREASED by 1/3–1/2
- Fine
- —
Art. 149-A §2 — first-time offender not in a criminal organisation
- Imprisonment
- Range REDUCED by 1–2/3
- Fine
- —
Note on this entry
Distinct offence (Lei nº 13.344/2016). The old CP arts. 231–232 (international / domestic trafficking for prostitution) are REVOKED; trafficking now sits here.
Source
Not legal advice. This range is the statutory penalty as written in the law — it is
not “your sentence.” What is NOT accounted for here: Priors, concurrence with the exploitation crime (sexual, labour, organ removal, etc.), discretion, plea-type agreements. If you face a real
charge, consult a licensed lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction.