New Jersey · New Jersey Revised Statutes — Title 2C, The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice
N.J.S.A. Title 2C § 2C:13-8: Human trafficking
What this law says, in plain English
Human trafficking—knowingly recruiting, transporting, or obtaining another person for sexual activity or labor through force, threats, fraud, document confiscation, or substance facilitation—is a first-degree crime. Recruiting a child under 18 for sexual activity is also a first-degree crime regardless of the actor's belief about the child's age.
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