Title 5 — Criminal Offenses
54 chapters · 1,112 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-101 Title
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This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Human Trafficking Act of 2013”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-102 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process” means the use or threatened use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, in order to exert pressu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-103 Trafficking of persons
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(a) A person commits the offense of trafficking of persons if he or she knowingly:(1) Recruits, harbors, transports, obtains, entices, solicits, isolates, provides, or maintains a person when he or she knows or reasonably should know that the person will be subjected to involunta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-104 Patronizing a victim of human trafficking
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(a) A person commits the offense of patronizing a victim of human trafficking if he or she knowingly engages in commercial sexual activity with another person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a victim of human trafficking. (b) (1) Patronizing a victim of human tra…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-105 Enhanced liability of an organization
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(1) In addition to any other statutorily authorized sentence or fine, an organization convicted of an offense under this chapter is subject to any combination of the following:(1) A suspension or revocation of a license, permit, or prior approval granted to the organization by a …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-106 Grooming a minor for future sex trafficking
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(a) A person commits grooming a minor for future sex trafficking if the person knowingly grooms a minor with a purpose to make it more likely that the minor can be enticed or induced into a future sex trafficking act with a person. (b) Grooming a minor for future sex trafficking …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-107 Traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex act with a minor
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(a) As used in this section, “travels” means to leave one's residence or locality to go away on a trip, tour, or journey. (b) A person commits traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex act with a minor if the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and knowingly travels …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-108 Enhanced liability — Certain conditions
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(1) A person convicted of an offense under this chapter may be subject to an enhanced sentence of an additional term of imprisonment not to exceed five (5) years if the person recruited, enticed, or obtained a trafficked person from:(1) A shelter or facility operating as a reside…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-18-109 Unlawful use of a communication device during the commission of a human trafficking offense
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(a) (1) As used in this section, “communication device” means any public or private instrumentality used or useful in the transmission of a writing, sign, signal, picture, or sound of any kind.(2) “Communication device” includes without limitation mail, telephone, wire, radio, an…