When a judge decides how long to imprison someone for people smuggling, they must consider aggravating factors — such as whether the offence endangered lives, caused harm, involved a criminal organization or terrorist group, or was done for profit.
121 The court, in determining the penalty to be imposed under section 120, shall take into account whether
121.1 (1) For the purposes of subparagraphs 117(3.1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and (3.2)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and paragraph 121(b), criminal organization means a criminal organization as defined in subsection 467.1(1) of the Criminal Code.Definition of terrorist group(2) For the purposes of subparagraphs 117(3.1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and (3.2)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii), terrorist group means a terrorist group as defined in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code.