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18 U.S.C. § 1593A

Benefitting financially from peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 1593A, Benefitting financially from peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449282
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Whoever knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in any act in violation of this chapter, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the venture has engaged in such violation, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned in the same manner as a completed violation of such section.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 110-457(H.R. 7311)2008-12-23
    William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-393(S. 1312)2018-12-21
    Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally