Processo nº 0007379-88.2000.4.03.6105
Mots-clés
Parcours procédural du dossier
1st Instance:
Justiça Federal – Seção Judiciária de São Paulo – 5º Subseção Judiciária – Fórum de Campinas [Federal Justice – Judiciary Section of São Paulo]
Campinas, São Paulo
Reference: Processo nº 0007379-88.2000.4.03.6105
2nd Instance:
Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região, Primeira Turma [Appelate Court]
São Paulo, São Paulo
2012-08-07
Reference: Processo nº 0007379-88.2000.4.03.6105 ACR 42807
Victime / Demandeurs de la première instance
Défendeurs / Répondants de la première instance
Résumé des faits
The defendant promoted the output of several Brazilian women for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Europe.
In June 1999, the defendant sent the victims S.P.J. and C.E. to Benicaci-Castellon, Spain, where they would work as prostitutes at the club known as Capricho. The defendant provided them with about U$400,00, tickets and housing. In 2002, she sent the victim P.F.T. to Spain for the same purpose of sexual exploitation. The defendant was also responsible for organizing the trip, paying for the tickets and housing.
According to P.F.T.'s testimony, the defendant had not informed her about the conditions of the work in Spain. The victim also said that the expenses for the trip were later paid back to the defendant from her earnings as a prostitute in the club BACOS, where she was forced to work until she could pay for the whole expenses.
Frais/Réclamations/Décisions
Penal Code, article 231 combined with article 69
Tráfico internacional de pessoa para fim de exploração sexual
Art. 231. Promover ou facilitar a entrada, no território nacional, de alguém que nele venha a exercer a prostituição ou outra forma de exploração sexual, ou a saída de alguém que vá exercê-la no estrangeiro.
Pena - reclusão, de 3 (três) a 8 (oito) anos.
§ 1o Incorre na mesma pena aquele que agenciar, aliciar ou comprar a pessoa traficada, assim como, tendo conhecimento dessa condição, transportá-la, transferi-la ou alojá-la.
§ 2o A pena é aumentada da metade se:
I - a vítima é menor de 18 (dezoito) anos;
II - a vítima, por enfermidade ou deficiência mental, não tem o necessário discernimento para a prática do ato;
III - se o agente é ascendente, padrasto, madrasta, irmão, enteado, cônjuge, companheiro, tutor ou curador, preceptor ou empregador da vítima, ou se assumiu, por lei ou outra forma, obrigação de cuidado, proteção ou vigilância; ou
IV - há emprego de violência, grave ameaça ou fraude.
§ 3o Se o crime é cometido com o fim de obter vantagem econômica, aplica-se também multa.
International Trafficking in person for the purpose of sexual exploitation
Art. 231. To promote or to facilitate the entry in the national territory, for someone who will exert the prostitution or other form of sexual exploitation, or the output of someone who will exercise it abroad.
Penalty: imprisonment of 3 (three) to 8 (eight) years.
§ 1 The penalty is also applied for those which recruit, entice or buy the trafficked person, as well as, those which having knowledge of this condition, transport, transfer or host the trafficked person.
§ 2 The penalty is increased by half if:
I - the victim is a minor of 18 (eighteen) years;
II - the victim, by illness or mental disability, does not have the necessary discernment for the practice of the act;
III - if the agent is ascendant, stepfather, stepmother, brother, stepson, spouse, companion, tutor or curator, preceptor or employer of the victim, or if he assumed, by law or otherwise, obligation of care, protection or surveillance; or
IV - there are employment of violence, serious threat or fraud.
§ 3 If the crime is committed in order to obtain economic benefit, a fine is also applied.
[unofficial translation]
Concurso material
Art. 69 - Quando o agente, mediante mais de uma ação ou omissão, pratica dois ou mais crimes, idênticos ou não, aplicam-se cumulativamente as penas privativas de liberdade em que haja incorrido. No caso de aplicação cumulativa de penas de reclusão e de detenção, executa-se primeiro aquela.
Material conquest
Art. 69 - when the agent, through more of an action or omission, practices two or more crimes, identical or not, it is applied, cumulatively, the custodial penalties in which he is incurred. In the case of cumulative application of penalties of imprisonment and detention, the first shall be executed before the other.
[unofficial translation]
The Judge set the base penalty for the crime of international trafficking in person for the purpose of sexual exploitation, in the terms of the article 231 of the Penal Code, at the legal minimum of 3 (three) years of imprisonment. Recognizing the material conquest of the offenses, in accordance to the article 69 of the Penal Code, the defendant was sentenced to 6 (six) years of imprisonment, in semi-open regime.
2nd instance:
The defendant appealed against the First Instance decision, postulating her acquittal for the absence of evidence, arguing that the documental and testimonial proofs were founded in reports collected only in the investigative phase, not subject to contradictory.
The Court considered that the documental and testimonial evidence, all clearly defined in the sentence, was strong enough to characterize the materiality and authorship of the criminal offense.
Although the prosecution witnesses weren´t located to be heard in court, being heard only in the inquisitorial stage, their statements have resonance in the others proofs collected. Therefore, the sentence of First Instance is based on conviction elements extracted from the whole evidence, not only proofs of the inquisitorial phase.
In the present case, the anonymous complaint, the investigation hold by the Federal Police, the documents (between them, two passports in the name of the defendant; tickets to Spain; and, phone bills with many calls to Spain) and photos (thirty-six photos of naked women poising in a sensual way) seized in the defendant´s residence were all gathered during the inquisitorial phase. However, the Court noted that its repetition during the judicial phase, would not be viable.
Thus, once the materiality and authorship had been proven, the Court denied the criminal appeal.
Source/Citation
Processo nº 0007379-88.2000.4.03.6105 ACR 42807