Trafficking in human beings is one of the most dangerous crimes, the factual ways of committing which are evolving on an ever-increasing scale. The latter raises issues of legal framework, in particular the issue of delimiting trafficking in human beings for related crimes. The criminal law of the Republic of Moldova, for the most part, takes into account international normative acts in the field, although the judicial practice is not uniform in terms of the legal classification of facts as trafficking in human beings or related crimes. The article is devoted to the analysis of the theoretical and practical aspects of trafficking in human beings. The topicality of the researched topic is conditioned by the lack of uniform character of the judicial practice in the matter of criminal liability for trafficking in human beings and related crimes in the Republic of Moldova. As a result, it is particularly important to identify gaps in legislation and judicial practice that require the development of solutions to limit trafficking in human beings for related crimes