PENULISAN HUKUM PIDANA TERHADAP PERDAGANGAN ANAK

In the trafficking of children, the most important element that must be fulfilled is the element of the process and purpose. That's because the elements of the process and purpose can show or prove whether or not this occurs indicates the existence of trafficking of children or children who are exploited economically, sexually, etc. In practice, to prove the existence of child trafficking cases quite difficult. Not all perpetrators of child trafficking can be prosecuted, because it is very difficult to catch perpetrators of child trafficking. Perpetrators of child trafficking network that consists of layered, very neat, hard to tip traced his roots and among actors that one with the other actors did not know each other one another. This type of research is a normative legal research is research that focuses on the norm (law in the book) and this study requires secondary data (material law) as the primary data. The Law Number 23 Year 2002 on Child Protection of the Republic of Indonesia State Gazette Year 2002 No. 109 Article 13 paragraph (1) letter b and Article 83 is a form of criminal responsibility for perpetrators of child trafficking, which states that any person who trades child for themselves or to sell, is punishable by a maximum imprisonment of 15 years and most short 3 years and a fine of Rp 300,000,000.00 and at least Rp 60,000,000.00