provides for himself/herself or to another person pornographic material for the production of
which a person under 18 years of age (or anyone who looks like such a person) has been used
shall be punished by imprisonment of up to one year or a fine of up to BGN 2,000.
(7) (New, SG No. 74/2015) The punishment under Paragraph 6 shall also be imposed on
anyone who, by means of information or communication technology, has intentionally accessed
pornographic material, for the production of which a person under 18 years of age (or anyone
who looks like such a person) has been used.
(8) (New, SG No. 74/2015) In the cases under Paragraphs 1 - 7, the court may also impose
a punishment which entails deprivation of rights under Article 37, Paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs 6
or 7.
(9) (Renumbered from Paragraph 6, SG No. 38 of 2007, renumbered from Paragraph 7, SG
No. 74/2015) The object of criminal activity shall be confiscated to the benefit of the State, and
where it is not found or has been expropriated, its money equivalent shall be awarded.
Section IX
(New, SG No. 92/2002)
Trafficking of People
Article 159a
(1) (Amended, SG No. 27/2009, SG No. 84/2013) An individual who recruits, transports,
hides or admits individuals or groups of people in view of using them for sexual activities, forced
labour or begging, dispossession of a body organ, tissue, cell or body fluid or holding them in
forceful subjection, regardless of their consent, shall be punished by imprisonment of two to
eight years and a fine from BGN three thousand to twelve thousand.
(2) Where the act under Paragraph 1 has been committed:
1. with regard to an individual who has not turned eighteen years of age;
2. through the use of coercion or by misleading the individual;
3. through kidnapping or illegal imprisonment;
4. through abuse of a status of dependency;
5. through the abuse of power;
6. through promising, giving away or receiving benefits;
7. (new, SG No. 84/2013) by an official during or in connection with the fulfilment of
his/her official duties,
(amended, SG No. 27/2009) punishment shall be imprisonment from three to ten years and
a fine from BGN ten thousand to twenty thousand.
(3) (New, SG No. 75/2006, amended, SG No. 27/2009) Where the act under para 1 has
been committed in respect to a pregnant woman to the purpose of selling her child, the
punishment shall be imprisonment from three to fifteen years and a fine from BGN twenty
thousand to fifty thousand.
Article 159b
(1) (Amended, SG No. 27/2009) An individual who recruits, transports, hides or admits
individuals or groups of people and guides them over the border of the country with the
objectives under Article 159a, Paragraph 1, shall be punished by imprisonment from three to
twelve years and a fine of up to BGN 10,000 to 20,000.