Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 18-8607 - HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKINGA person commits the felony of human sex trafficking if the person knowingly:
(1) Traffics another person and causes or attempts to cause, through force, fraud, or coercion, the trafficked person to engage in or become the victim of: (a) Commercial sexual activity;(b) A sexually explicit performance; or(c) Conduct prohibited by: (i) Section 18-5602 (procurement);(ii) Section 18-5603 (receiving pay for procurement);(iii) Section 18-5604 (paying for procurement);(iv) Section 18-5605 (detention for commercial sexual activity);(v) Section 18-5606 (receiving proceeds of illegal sexual activity);(vi) Section 18-5608 (place of commercial sexual activity);(vii) Section 18-5609 (inducing a child into commercial sexual activity);(viii) Section 18-5610 (utilizing a child for commercial sexual activity);(ix) Section 18-5611 (inducing a child to engage in commercial sexual activity);(x) Section 18-5613 (providing commercial sexual activity); or(xi) Section 18-5614 (soliciting commercial sexual activity);(2) Engages in sexual contact with a person being trafficked in the manner described in subsection (1) of this section; or(3) Receives any benefit from participating in a venture that involves an activity described in subsection (1) of this section.Added by 2024 Session Laws, ch. 147,sec. 28, eff. 7/1/2024.