Article 4 - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour

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B.B. v. Slovakia, no. 48587/21

24.10.24

Failure to carry out an effective investigation into credible suspicion of human trafficking, limiting the prosecution and conviction to the offence of pimping which carried lighter penalties.
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T.V. v. Spain, no. 22512/21

10.10.24

Significant shortcomings in domestic procedural response to applicant’s criminal complaint, supported by prima facie evidence, of having been a victim of human trafficking and forced prostitution.
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Krachunova v. Bulgaria, no. 18269/18

28.11.23

Domestic courts’ dismissal of the compensation claim of a trafficking victim against her trafficker in respect of lost earnings from coerced prostitution.
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