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HUMAN TRAFFICKING
§852. Aggravated sex trafficking
1. A person is guilty of aggravated sex trafficking if the person knowingly:
A. Promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enter into, engage in or remain in prostitution; [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).]
B. Promotes prostitution of a person less than 18 years old; or [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).]
C. Promotes prostitution of a person who suffers from a mental disability that is reasonably apparent or known to the actor and that in fact renders the other person substantially incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct involved. [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (NEW).] [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).]
2. As used in this section, "compelling" includes but is not limited to:
A. The use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render a person incapable of controlling that person's conduct or appreciating its nature; [PL 2011, c. 672, §1 (AMD).]
B. Withholding or threatening to withhold a scheduled drug or alcohol from a drug or alcohol- dependent person. A "drug or alcohol-dependent person" is one who is using scheduled drugs or alcohol and who is in a state of psychic or physical dependence or both, arising from the use of the drug or alcohol on a continuing basis; [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).]
C. Making material false statements, misstatements or omissions; [PL 2011, c. 672, §1 (NEW).]
D. Withholding, destroying or confiscating an actual or purported passport or other immigration document or other actual or purported government identification document with the intent to impair a person's freedom of movement; [PL 2011, c. 672, §1 (NEW).]
E. Requiring prostitution to be performed to retire, repay or service an actual or purported debt; and [PL 2011, c. 672, §1 (NEW).]
F. Using force or engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to instill in a person a fear that, if the person does not engage or continue to engage in prostitution, the actor or another person will:
(1) Cause physical injury or death to a person;
(2) Cause damage to property, other than property of the actor;
(3) Engage in other conduct constituting a Class A, B or C crime or criminal restraint;
(4) Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or deportation proceedings to be instituted against some person;
(5) Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, regardless of veracity, tending to subject some person, except the actor, to hatred, contempt or ridicule;
(6) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information regarding another person's legal claim or defense;
(7) Use a position as a public servant to perform some act related to that person's official duties or fail or refuse to perform an official duty in a manner that adversely affects some other person; or
(8) Perform any other act that would not in itself materially benefit the actor but that is calculated to harm the person being compelled with respect to that person's health, safety or immigration status. [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).] [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).]
3. Aggravated sex trafficking is a Class B crime. [PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).]
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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 431, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 672, §1 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 407, §2 (AMD).
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