Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
(a) Whoever knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, any person for labor or services in violation of this chapter shall be or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both.
(b) Whoever obstructs, to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties under subsection (a).
History: (Added Pub. L. 106–386, div. A, §112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1487; amended Pub. L. 110–457, title II, §222(b)(4), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5069.)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to knowingly recruit, house, transport, provide, or obtain a person for labor or services in violation of the federal slavery and trafficking laws. Interfering with enforcement of this law is also a crime.