District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 22-1833: Trafficking in labor or commercial sex acts.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
Chapter 18A. Human Trafficking.

It is unlawful for an individual or a business to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain by any means a person, knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact that:

(1)

Coercion will be used or is being used to cause the person to provide labor or services or to engage in a commercial sex act; or

(2)

The person is being placed or will be placed or kept in debt bondage.

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