Article 599 — Participation of Illegal Associations and Juridical

Persons in Crimes Specified in this Chapter. (1) Where the injury to liberty, whether by intimidation, trickery, coercion, abduction, illegal restraint, enslavement, traffic or exploitation in one of the above forms stated in this Chapter, is the work of an association or band formed to engage in, or engaging in, the slave trade, no matter in what form, such band or association shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand Birr and its dissolution shall be ordered. This penalty is without prejudice to the punishment applicable to the criminal or criminals on the count of their personal criminal guilt. (2) Where the juridical person has committed the crime it snail according to the kind and gravity of the crime, be liable to the punishment proscribed in Article 90 of this Code.