Human Trafficking in the First Degree; Penalty.

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6-2-702. Human trafficking in the first degree; penalty.

(a) A person is guilty of human trafficking in the first degree when the person intentionally or knowingly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors, receives, provides, obtains, isolates, maintains or entices an individual for the purpose of:

(i) Forced labor or servitude in violation of W.S. 6-2-704;

(ii) Sexual servitude in violation of W.S. 6-2-705; or

(iii) Sexual servitude of a minor in violation of W.S. 6-2-706.

(b) Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-712(a), human trafficking in the first degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) nor more than fifty (50) years unless the victim is a minor in which case it is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than fifty (50) years and a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.


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