§1590 Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor

Summary

Anyone who knowingly recruits, hides, moves, gives, or gets a person to do work or services that break this law can be fined by the federal government, put in prison for up to 20 years, or both. If the crime causes someone’s death or includes kidnapping, an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse (serious sexual assault) or an attempt to kill, the person can be fined and sentenced to any number of years in prison or to life, or both. Anyone who blocks, tries to block, or otherwise interferes with enforcing this rule faces the same penalties.