GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEISRAELMEASURESFORFEITURE FUND - ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW (LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS) 5767-2006
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Forfeiture Fund - Anti-Trafficking Law (Legislation Amendments) 5767-2006
Type of Measure
Services > Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence
Trafficking
Year
2006
Brief Description

The Anti-Trafficking Law (Legislation Amendments) 5767-2006 established a special Forfeiture Fund (hereafter: The forfeiture fund), where forfeited property and fines from trafficking and slavery offenses are deposited and are dedicated to various causes in combating trafficking – with a special emphasis on victim protection and compensation. Institutions, government bodies and NGOs may apply for funds, as well as – uniquely – victims of the offences, who may ask for funds for the purposes of rehabilitation, as well as to request court ordered compensation which they have been unable to collect from the offenders. The law gives precedence to victim protection, ordering that at least half of the funds each year be allocated to that purpose.

The fund allows special use of forfeiture funds and fines imposed for the commission of crimes of human trafficking or holding in conditions of slavery for purposes related to the fight against these crimes and protection of the victims:

1. Rehabilitation of the victims of these crimes, their care and protection. As a precedent, the law states that not less than half of the fund's assets be allocated each year for this purpose in one year;

2. Payment of compensation (in whole or in part) to a victim of human trafficking for whom compensation was awarded, whether in a civil or criminal proceeding, if they were able to show that they were not reasonably able to collect the judgment.

3. Prevention of the commission of human trafficking offenses;

4. Performing the duties of law enforcement authorities to enforce the provisions of the law regarding human trafficking offenses.

So far, there have been six allocation rounds to the fund, in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. In total, the fund allocated over 2 million NIS (about half a million euros) – the large majority of which were allocated directly to victims for purposes such as vocational training, mental care, dental care, housing assistance (particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic)

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