Criminal responsibility for trafficking on the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

The article discusses the concept and basis of criminal responsibility for trafficking in persons, since one of the constitutional freedoms of an individual is freedom of movement throughout the state and freely choose his place of permanent or temporary residence. The authors note that the sale and exploitation of a person deprives just this freedom, which is considered by criminal law as a wrongful, illegal and punishable socially dangerous act. The object of the research is the public relations arising in the light of the new edition of the existing criminal legislation governing criminal responsibility for trafficking in persons. The subject of the study was the norms of domestic legislation and the practice of their application; data characterizing the state, dynamics and structure of the crime of trafficking in persons. The authors note the need to strengthen the work on improving the skills of law enforcement officers to conduct high-quality investigations into crimes in the field of human trafficking, and to provide state funding for the protection of victims of human trafficking.