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:
(1) Coercion 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
(2) The person is being placed or will be placed or kept in debt bondage.
(Oct. 23, 2010, D.C. Law 18-239, § 103, 57 DCR 5405.)
This section is referenced in § 14-311, § 22-1836, § 22-1837, § 22-1839, § 22-1840, and § 23-113.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Chapter 18A - Human Trafficking
§ 22–1833. Trafficking in labor or commercial sex acts
§ 22–1834. Sex trafficking of children
§ 22–1835. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of human trafficking
§ 22–1836. Benefitting financially from human trafficking
§ 22–1839. Reputation or opinion evidence
§ 22–1841. Data collection and dissemination
§ 22–1843. Public posting of human trafficking hotline
§ 22–1844. Motion to vacate conviction or expunge criminal records for victims of trafficking