Penanggulangan Tindak Pidana Perdagangan Orang terhadap Perempuan dan Anak di Sumatera Utara (Studi Kasus Dinas Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Perlindungan Anak Provinsi Sumatera Utara)

Abstract

Trafficking in women and children is part of the worst form of action by syndicates that must be abolished, because as a result of this trafficking, women and children are in a very bad situation. The practice of trafficking in women and children is a quite complex crime which is very closed in nature. The problems in this thesis are, firstly, how to regulate the law on the crime of trafficking in persons against women and children in North Sumatra, secondly, what are the factors that cause the crime of trafficking in women and children in North Sumatra, and thirdly, what are the countermeasures in overcoming the crime of trafficking in persons? against women and children in North Sumatra. The method used in writing the thesis is an empirical legal research method which is analytically descriptive in nature. The theory used is the theory of Legal Protection, Criminal Policy theory and the research approach, namely the statutory approach and the case approach. Data collection techniques and tools used are library research and field studies. Data analysis in this study used qualitative data analysis methods. The results of the study suggest that the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in North Sumatra Province in dealing with the crime of trafficking in persons against women and children in North Sumatra has a role in criminal law in the prevention and process of law enforcement and the implementation of criminal law, has a role as a means of regulating public order (Social order). in order to create a social policy (Social defense) to achieve security, which provides legal protection for women victims of trafficking in persons. social culture, factors of gender inequality, factors of weak birth registration and early marriage. The conclusion is that it is necessary to prevent trafficking in persons in North Sumatra by issuing law number 21 of 2007 concerning the eradication of the crime of trafficking in persons as well as action plans for prevention and dissemination of them to school children, families and village/kelurahan officials, and countermeasures to oversee the process law perpetrators of criminal acts of trafficking in persons through the process of assistance.