18 U.S.C. § 1590 — Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-386 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 121 words · no verdicts yet
This section punishes knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining people for labor or services violating the chapter. It applies the same penalties to interference with enforcement.
(a) Anyone who knowingly recruits, shelters, transports, provides, or obtains a person by any method for labor or services violating this chapter may be fined, imprisoned for up to 20 years, or both. If death results, or the offense includes kidnapping or attempted kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse or attempted aggravated sexual abuse, or attempted killing, the punishment is a fine, any term of years or life imprisonment, or both.
(b) Anyone who obstructs, tries to obstruct, interferes with, or prevents enforcement of this section receives the penalties in (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 fined under this title 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 fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both.
Whoever obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties under subsection (a).
Source credit: (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.)
- 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-386 · 114 Stat. 1487
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-457 · 122 Stat. 5069
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-386 on 2000-10-28.
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