Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 41309: Reporting on human trafficking

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes reporting requirements for human trafficking incidents, classifying them as Part I crimes in national crime reporting systems and defining categories of trafficking-related offenses for data collection purposes.

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classify the offense of human trafficking as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports; a person who is younger than 18 years of age; the use of force, fraud or coercion; or neither of the elements described in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and classify the offense of human trafficking as a Group A offense for purpose of the National Incident-Based Reporting System. do not directly engage in commercial sex acts; and direct, manage, or profit from such acts, such as State pimping and pandering crimes; incidents of purchasing prostitution, which shall include crimes committed by persons who purchase or attempt to purchase or trade anything of value for commercial sex acts; incidents of prostitution, which shall include crimes committed by persons providing or attempting to provide commercial sex acts; incidents of assisting or promoting prostitution, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced labor of an individual under the age of 18 as described in paragraph (1); and incidents of purchasing or soliciting commercial sex acts, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced labor with an individual under the age of 18 as described in paragraph (2). the study required under section 201(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 34 U.S.C. 20701(a)(1)(B)(ii) ); the State reports required under section 237(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 34 U.S.C. 41309(b) ) to be included in the Uniform Crime Reporting Program and the National Incident-Based Reporting System; the report required under section 237(c)(1)(A) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–457 ; 122 Stat. 5084 [5083]); the report required under section 237(c)(1)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–457 ; 122 Stat. 5084 [5083]); the report required under section 237(c)(1)(C) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–457 ; 122 Stat. 5084 [5083]); and the comprehensive study required under section 237(c)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–457 ; 122 Stat. 5085 [5084]).”

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