Lex Cameroon

Law relating to the fight against trafficking in persons and slavery › Chapter 1

SECTION 2

For the purpose of this law, the following definitions shall apply: a) A person: human being of either sex regardless of age; b) Trafficking in persons: the fact of promoting or ensuring the movement of a person inside or outside Cameroon in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit of whatever nature; c) Slavery in persons: defined as the recruitment, transfer, accommodation or reception of persons for exploitation, through threat, the use of force or other forms of coercion, kidnapping, fraud, deception, abuse of authority or taking advantage of a state of vulnerability or through offer or acceptance of benefits to obtain the consent of a person having authority over the victim; d) Exploitation of persons: shall include, at least, the exploitation or promotion of prostitution of persons, or any other forms of sexual exploitation, exploitation of labour, or forced labour, slavery or practices similar to slavery, serfdom or the removal or organs; e) The consent of the person is void: where acts of violence were committed on the victim himself or on persons having legal or customary custody over him; f) Debt bondage of persons: the fact of pledging a person as security before a creditor of a loan or a debt for purposes of exploitation.
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