Corporate Liability for the Crime of Trafficking in Persons in the Case of Placement of Illegal Migrant Workers
(Study of Decision Number 931/Pid.Sus/2020/PN.Btm)
Abstract
Corporate criminal liability for the crime of human trafficking, with a focus on the case of illegal placement of Indonesian migrant workers based on Decision Number 931/Pid.Sus/2020/PN.Btm. Corporations as legal entities have a legal obligation to comply with the procedures for the placement of Indonesian migrant workers as stipulated in Law No. 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers and Law No. 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of Trafficking in Persons. The fact shows that these provisions are often violated for the sake of economic gain. This research departs from the rampant practice of placing migrant workers without official permission carried out by corporations, which results in the exploitation of workers abroad. This research uses a normative juridical approach based on secondary data to analyze corporate criminal liability in the illegal placement of migrant workers. The results of this study show that normatively, Indonesian positive law has regulated the possibility of criminal sanctions against corporations, including the main punishment in the form of fines and other additional punishments as stated in Article 25 of the PTPPO Law. In the case of PT Novarica Agatha Mandiri, the judge imposed a financial penalty of 5 M on the corporation as well as imprisonment on the director based on the doctrine of vicarious liability.
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