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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

9 GCA § 26.04: Non-Defenses to Trafficking In Persons.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 9: Crimes and Corrections
  2. Chapter 26: Human Trafficking and Criminal Exploitation Act of 2009
  3. ARTICLE 1: PROSECUTION

Evidence of the following facts or conditions shall not constitute a defense in a prosecution for violations of this article, nor shall such evidence preclude a finding of a violation:

(a) a trafficking victim’s sexual history or history of commercial sexual activity, including any acts that may be covered by the rape shield law;

(b) a trafficking victim’s connection by blood or marriage to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the victim’s trafficking;

(c) consent of or permission by a trafficking victim or anyone else on the trafficking victim’s behalf to any commercial sex act or sexually explicit performance;

(d) age of consent to sex, legal age of marriage, or other discretionary age;

(e) mistake as to the victim’s age, even if the mistake is reasonable.

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