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PREVENTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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- (g) the offender was the trafficked victim's spouse or conjugal partner;
- (h) the offender was abusing a position of trust or authority in relation to the trafficked victim.
Abetment of trafficking in persons
5.—(1) For the purposes of Chapter V of the Penal Code (Cap. 224), a person abets the commission of an offence under section 3 if—
- (a) the person gives instruction to another person to commit the offence;
- (b) the person provides or arranges any form of financing, transport, shelter, accommodation or any other facility with the intention of facilitating the commission of the offence; or
- (c) the person—
- (i) participates or assists in the recruitment, transport, transfer, harbouring or receiving of an individual;
- (ii) employs or assists in the employment of any of the means specified in section 3(1)(a) to (f) in respect of the individual; or
- (iii) does any act to promote or in furtherance of the actual or intended exploitation of the individual,
- with the intention of facilitating the commission of the offence against the individual.
(2) To avoid doubt, this section is without prejudice to the generality of the term "abetment" under the Penal Code.
Persons who receive payments in connection with exploitation of trafficked victims
6.—(1) Any person who knowingly receives any payment in connection with the actual or intended exploitation in Singapore of a trafficked victim shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), upon conviction—
