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IC 35-42-3.5-1.4 Human trafficking
Sec. 1.4. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property; or
(2) offers a benefit;
to or for a human trafficking victim with the specific intent to induce or obtain the product or act for which the human trafficking victim was trafficked commits human trafficking, a Level 4 felony.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the human trafficking victim consented.
As added by P.L.144-2018, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.153-2022, SEC.2; P.L.3-2023, SEC.2.