Predmet je ovoga rada analiza presude Europskog suda za ljudska prava u predmetu Lacatus protiv Švicarske u kojoj je Sud utvrdio povredu prava tužiteljice na osobni i obiteljski život po članku 8. Konvencije. Ta je presuda u postupku koji je pokrenula pripadnica romske nacionalne manjine koju su državne vlasti u Švicarskoj procesuirale i kaznile zbog prosjačenja otvorila brojna pitanja u vezi s tom pojavom i njezinim poveznicama s neizravnom diskriminacijom i zaštitom žrtava trgovanja ljudima. Upravo se tim pitanjima bavi ovaj rad, polazeći od prakse i standarda Europskog suda za ljudska prava i drugih tijela Vijeća Europe poput Europske komisije protiv rasizma i netolerancije (ECRI) i Skupine stručnjaka Vijeća Europe za borbu protiv trgovanja ljudima (GRETA). U zaključcima se iznose neki prijedlozi za poboljšanja i u operativnom postupanju nadležnih tijela u europskim državama kada je riječ o prosjačenju osoba koje pripadaju romskoj populaciji zbog utvrđivanja mogućih poveznica s trgovanjem ljudima i u pristupu Europskog suda za ljudska prava kada je riječ o neizravnoj diskriminaciji romske populacije. The paper analyzes the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of Lacatus v. Switzerland, in which the Court found a violation of the applicant’s right to private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This judgment in the proceedings initiated by a member of the Roma national minority, who was prosecuted and punished by the state authorities in Switzerland for begging, opened numerous questions regarding this phenomenon and its links with indirect discrimination and the protection of victims of human trafficking. These are the questions that the paper deals with, starting from the practice and standards of the European Court of Human Rights and other bodies of the Council of Europe, such as the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and the Group of Experts of the Council of Europe for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA). In conclusion, the author offers suggestions for improvement both in terms of the operative activities of the competent law enforcement authorities in European countries in the context of Roma begging as a trigger for investigating human trafficking, as well as in the approach of the European Court of Human Rights when it comes to the indirect discrimination of the Roma population.