§ 18-8607 — HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING

A 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.

Legislative History

[18-8607, added 2024, ch. 147, sec. 28, p. 567.]