Wijziging van het Wetboek van Strafrecht in verband met de verhoging van de strafmaxima voor mensensmokkel

This Dutch bill amends the Criminal Code (Wetboek van Strafrecht) to raise the maximum prison sentences that courts can impose for human smuggling. Human smuggling involves facilitating the illegal entry of people across borders, often for profit and under dangerous conditions. The change signals a tougher legal stance on those who organise such crossings. The main effect falls on people convicted of human smuggling in the Netherlands, who could face longer maximum sentences. Law enforcement and prosecutors would have higher ceilings to work within, while migrants smuggled into the country are not the direct target of the change. Based on metadata only; the full text was not reviewed.