Criminalization of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons

Type

Law

Number

164

Date of the text

24/08/2011

Official Gazette

published in 2011

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This law amends the Penal Code by adding a new chapter on trafficking in persons and replacing Articles 524 and 525 with new provisions, adjusts wording in articles on prostitution offences, and adds to the Code of Criminal Procedure a section on protection measures for victims of trafficking.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2011. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.