This study explores the difficulties that Spanish judges face during the judicial investigation and trial of the trafficking of human beings for sexual exploitation. Here, we highlight the issues of judges’ lack of training and the saturation of the courts due to the excessive work that these crimes entail. To collect data, responses from 71 Spanish judges were collected through a questionnaire, and nine semi-structured interviews were conducted in three Spanish provinces (Barcelona, Malaga and Madrid). Noteworthy findings include the fact that almost half of the judges had dealt with a case involving this type of crime and that a third ended up closing the case. In the responses received, the lack of victims’ collaboration in the judicial process was highlighted as one of the difficulties as was the lack of resources to investigate these crimes and the involvement of other crimes.

这项研究探讨了西班牙法官在司法调查和审判为性剥削而贩运人口问题上面临的困难。在这里，我们着重指出由于这些犯罪所引起的过度工作，法官缺乏培训和法院饱和的问题。为了收集数据，通过问卷调查收集了来自71名西班牙法官的答复，并在西班牙的三个省（巴塞罗那，马拉加和马德里）进行了9次半结构化访谈。值得注意的发现包括以下事实：几乎一半的法官处理了涉及此类犯罪的案件，三分之一的法官最终结案。在收到的回复中，