§ 5-11-108 - Trafficking of persons.
5-11-108. Trafficking of persons.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Debt bondage" means the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services or of the personal services of a person under his or her control as a security for debt, if:
(A) The value of the debtor's personal services or of the personal services of a person under his or her control as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt; or
(B) The length and nature of the debtor's personal services or of the personal services of a person under his or her control are not respectively limited and defined;
(2) "Involuntary servitude" means a condition of servitude induced by means of:
(A) Any scheme, plan, or pattern of behavior intended to cause a person to believe that if he or she does not enter into or continue the servitude, he or she or another person will suffer serious physical injury or physical restraint; or
(B) The abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process;
(3) "Peonage" means holding a person against his or her will to pay off a debt; and
(4) "Sexual conduct" means the same as defined in 5-27-401.
(b) A person commits the offense of trafficking of persons if he or she:
(1) Recruits, harbors, transports, or obtains a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjecting the person to:
(A) Involuntary servitude;
(B) Peonage;
(C) Debt bondage;
(D) Slavery;
(E) Marriage;
(F) Adoption; or
(G) Sexual conduct; or
(2) Benefits financially or benefits by receiving anything of value from participation in a venture under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(c) Trafficking of persons is a Class A felony.