GLOBAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2020 COLLECTION OF COURT CASE SUMMARIES These court case narratives were provided by Member States. The content does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNODC, and nor does it imply any endorsement. DISCLAIMER The texts presented in this document comprise court case narratives provided by Member States between 2010 and 2020 which were used for analysis in the Global Report on Trafficking of Persons 2020. The court case narratives were compiled and provided by Member States. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNODC. In order to protect the identity of the persons mentioned in the cases, direct identifiers were removed from the original text and the cases anonymized. Legend: • Victim 1: In original text, victims may be identified through their initials, depending on other contextual details given. Their names and initials were deleted and replaced with “Victim”. Victims were numbered in order of appearance in the file. • Offender 1: In original text, Offenders may be identified by full names or initials. Their names and initials were deleted and replaced with “Offender”. Offenders were given numbers in order of appearance in the file. • Person 1: In original text, persons not considered as a victim or offender were mentioned in the narrative e.g. uninvolved family members; neighbour; etc. Their names and initials were deleted and replaced with “Person”. Persons were given numbers in order of appearance in the file. • Restaurant X, Bar Y, Shop Z: In the original text, locations such as restaurants, bars and shops were named. Any location or business that may be identifiable from other contextual information provided (e.g. street name) was anonymized. When minor errors occurred in the transmission of the text, those were addressed by UNODC; all related changes to the original language are marked in red font in the text. 1 These court case narratives were provided by Member States. The content does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNODC, and nor does it imply any endorsement. TABLE OF CONTENTS Case 1 – Armenia, 2012 ........................................................................................................... 13 Case 2 – Armenia, 2012 ........................................................................................................... 15 Case 3 – Armenia, 2012 ........................................................................................................... 17 Case 4 – Armenia, 2011 ........................................................................................................... 18 Case 5 – Armenia, 2011 ........................................................................................................... 20 Case 6 – Australia, 2012 .......................................................................................................... 24 Case 7 – Australia, 2012 .......................................................................................................... 25 Case 8 – Australia, 2012 .......................................................................................................... 26 Case 9 – Australia, 2012 .......................................................................................................... 27 Case 10 – Australia, 2010 ........................................................................................................ 28 Case 11 – Austria, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 29 Case 12 – Austria, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 31 Case 13 – Austria, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 32 Case 14 – Austria, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 34 Case 15 – Belarus, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 35 Case 16 – Belarus, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 36 Case 17 - Belarus, 2012 ........................................................................................................... 37 Case 18 – Thailand, 2016 ......................................................................................................... 38 Case 19 – Thailand, 2010 ......................................................................................................... 40 Case 20 – Brunei Darussalam, 2010 ........................................................................................ 41 Case 21 – Brunei Darussalam, 2012 ........................................................................................ 43 Case 22 – Brunei Darussalam, 2009 ........................................................................................ 44 Case 23 – Bulgaria, 2010 ......................................................................................................... 45 Case 24 – Canada, 2010 ........................................................................................................... 46 Case 25 – Canada, 2011 ........................................................................................................... 47 Case 26 – Canada, 2012 ........................................................................................................... 48 Case 27 – Canada, 2011 ........................................................................................................... 49 Case 28 – Chile, 2011 ............................................................................................................... 50 Case 29 – Chile, 2011 ............................................................................................................... 52 Case 30 – Denmark, 2010 ........................................................................................................ 53 Case 31 – Denmark, 2010 ........................................................................................................ 54 Case 32 – Denmark, 2011 ........................................................................................................ 56 Case 33 – Denmark, 2011 ........................................................................................................ 57 Case 34 – Ecuador, 2011 ......................................................................................................... 58 Case 35 – EL Salvador, 2009 .................................................................................................... 59 Case 36 – EL Salvador, 2009 .................................................................................................... 60 Case 37 – El Salvador, 2009 ..................................................................................................... 61 Case 38 – El Salvador, 2009 ..................................................................................................... 62 Case 39 – El Salvador, 2012 ..................................................................................................... 63 Case 40 – Israel, 2012 .............................................................................................................. 64 Case 41 – Israel, 2009 .............................................................................................................. 66 Case 42 – Israel, 2010 .............................................................................................................. 68 Case 43 – Israel, 2010 .............................................................................................................. 69 Case 44 – Thailand, 2016 ......................................................................................................... 71 2 These court case narratives were provided by Member States. The content does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNODC, and nor does it imply any endorsement. Case 45 – Latvia, 2012 ............................................................................................................. 73 Case 46 – Latvia, 2008 ............................................................................................................. 74 Case 47 – Latvia, 2010 ............................................................................................................. 77 Case 48 – Latvia, 2010 ............................................................................................................. 79 Case 49 – Lithuania, 2010 ........................................................................................................ 82 Case 50 – Lithuania, 2010 ........................................................................................................ 85 Case 51 – Lithuania, 2010 ........................................................................................................ 86 Case 52 – Lithuania, 2012 ........................................................................................................ 87 Case 53 – Lithuania, 2012 ........................................................................................................ 89 Case 54 – Canada, 2011 ........................................................................................................... 90 Case 55 – Mexico, 2011 ..........................................................................................................