Abduction for the purpose of abandonment or facilitating service in foreign military or para-military forces (Section 234, German Criminal Code)

Definition

(1) Whosoever gains physical control of another person by force, threat of serious harm, or deception in order to abandon them in a helpless situation or to introduce them into military or para-military service abroad shall be liable to imprisonment from one to ten years.

(2) In less serious cases the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to five years.

Related terms:

Parent term:

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - OFFENCES AGAINST PERSONAL FREEDOM (German Criminal Code)

Sibling terms:

Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation (Section 232, German Criminal Code)
Human trafficking for the purpose of work exploitation (Section 233, German Criminal Code)
Assisting in human trafficking (Section 233a, German Criminal Code)
Supervision order, extended confiscation (Section 233b, German Criminal Code)
Causing a danger of political persecution through use of force, threats or deception (Section 234a, German Criminal Code)
Abduction of minors from the care of their parents etc (Section 235, German Criminal Code)
Child trafficking (Section 236, German Criminal Code)
Forced marriage (Section 237, German Criminal Code)
Stalking (Section 238, German Criminal Code)
Unlawful imprisonment (Section 239, German Criminal Code)
Abduction for the purpose of blackmail (Section 239a, German Criminal Code)
Taking hostages (Section 239b, German Criminal Code)
Supervision order (Section 239c, German Criminal Code)
Using threats or force to cause a person to do, suffer or omit an act (Section 240, German Criminal Code)
Threatening the commission of a felony (Section 241, German Criminal Code)
Causing the danger of political persecution by informing on a person (Section 241a, German Criminal Code)