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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-67.1-3

Trafficking an individual

Known as the Uniform Act

The act spans §§ 11-67.1-1 to 11-67.1-9 (26 sections).

P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.

(a) A person commits the offense of trafficking an individual if the person knowingly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors, receives, provides, obtains, isolates, maintains, or entices an individual in furtherance of:

(1) Forced labor in violation of § 11-67.1-4; or

(2) Sexual servitude in violation of § 11-67.1-5.

(b) Every person who shall commit trafficking of a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than fifty (50) years imprisonment, a fine of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or both.

(c) Every person who shall commit trafficking of an adult shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than twenty (20) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.