{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-1833","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 22-1833","heading":"Trafficking in labor or commercial sex acts.","body":"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:\n\n(1)\nCoercion 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\n\n(2)\nThe person is being placed or will be placed or kept in debt bondage.","path":["Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.","Chapter 18A. Human Trafficking."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-1833","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"99eeb1e1fe8fd87589170e566388912b0703b956d94a22c76ead77f663b04af9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-1832","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-1834"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}