If a person is convicted of any offence under this Chapter, the court that imposes the sentence must consider, but is not limited to, the following aggravating factors:
| (a) |
The significance of the role of the convicted person in the trafficking process; |
| (c) |
whether the convicted person caused the victim to become addicted to the use of a dependence-producing substance; |
| (d) |
the conditions in which the victim was kept; |
| (e) |
whether the victim was held captive for any period; |
| (f) |
whether the victim suffered abuse and the extent thereof; |
| (g) |
the physical and psychological effects the abuse had on the victim; |
| (h) |
whether the offence formed part of organised crime; |
| (i) |
whether the victim was a child; |
| (j) |
the nature of the relationship between the victim and the convicted person; |
| (k) |
the state of the victim’s mental health; and |
| (l) |
whether the victim had any physical disability. |
Statistics Act, 1999
