Victimological prevention as a special criminology direction of preventing fraud and human trafficking in the sphere of tourism activity

Анотація

The article analyzes victimological measures to prevent fraudulent activities and human trafficking in the tourism sector.

Attention is focused on the fact that victimological prevention is an important direction of preventing criminal offenses, which is carried out at a special criminological level. Fraudulent acts and human trafficking in this area have their own characteristics; accordingly, victimological prevention measures should also have its own specifics.

It has been determined that victims of fraudulent actions in this kind of activity do not have clearly expressed victim characteristics, and therefore preventive work regarding them should primarily consist of informing about precautionary measures and ways to ensure one’s own victimological safety.

It was concluded that due to the fact that victims of human trafficking are mostly women who, in an effort to earn a living, agree to any work abroad, including prostitution, it is impossible to significantly reduce their victimization level by informing them about the potential possibility of becoming a victim of human trafficking without addressing basic socio-economic problems.