Human Trafficking is a crime involving the exploitation of a person for labor, services, or commercial sex.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations recognize and define two primary forms of human trafficking:
Additional legal definitions are contained in 18 U.S.C. Chapter 77 (criminal definitions) and 19 U.S.C. § 1307 (includes definition of “forced labor” for purposes of implementing the federal prohibition on importation of goods produced with forced labor).
Justice News Press ReleaseBOSTON – A man has been charged with allegedly trafficking a woman to engage in commercial sex acts, coercing her to travel across state lines to engage in.
September 17, 2024 Press ReleaseSAN DIEGO – Troy Shelvin Cannon of Las Vegas was sentenced in federal court today to 188 months in prison for sex trafficking by fraud, force, or coercion.
September 16, 2024 Press ReleaseSAN DIEGO – Clifford Stokes Jr. of Tempe, Arizona, was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in prison for transporting a 19-year-old woman and two 16-year-old.
September 13, 2024 Press ReleaseSAN DIEGO – Marcus Ray Chavez of Bonita pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he provided fentanyl pills to a 15-year-old girl in exchange for sex.
September 12, 2024 Press ReleaseDES MOINES, Iowa – An Ottumwa man was sentenced on September 6, 2024, to 40 years in federal prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion of.
September 11, 2024 Press ReleaseA U.S. District Judge sentenced Xavier Latrell Smith, 34, to 360 months’ imprisonment and his co-defendant Jayla Denice Welch, 22, to 170 months’ imprisonment, for sex trafficking a.