Article 128. Recruitment, As Well As Export and Transit of Persons for Exploitation

1. Recruitment of persons, committed by way of deception, for the purpose of their sexual or other exploitation, -shall be punished by a fine in an amount from one hundred up to five hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from two to five months, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or restriction of freedom for a period up to two years, or detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or deprivation of freedom for a period up to one year.

2. The same act committed:

a) by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion;

b) with regard to a juvenile, a given convict being aware of that, -

shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period up to five years.

3. Acts stipulated by the first or the second parts of this Article committed by an organised group, or committed for the purpose of export of recruited persons outside of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and equally export of people beyond the boundaries of Kazakhstan or carriage through the territory of Kazakhstan of people following from one foreign state to another, purposely for sexual or other exploitation - shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from three up to eight years, with forfeiture of property or without it.