Human Trafficking for Involuntary Servitude
If you or a family member have been charged with Human Trafficking for Involuntary Servitude, you are going to need assistance from a skilled and confident attorney right away. The penalties for this charge are extreme, and the consequences very long lasting. Remember to remain silent, ask for an attorney, and call the firm right away. The sooner you obtain legal representation, the easier it will be to navigate the criminal justice system for you and your family.
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What does this mean?
Human Trafficking for Involuntary Servitude is when a person knowingly sells transports, coerces or even receives another person who is forced into working for or performing services against their will.
Human Trafficking for Involuntary Servitude is a Class 2 Felony, if the person taken is a child under 18 years of age. If charged as a Class 2 Felony, the charge carries a penalty of up to 48 years in the Department of Corrections, and a fine of up to $1,000,000.
Human Trafficking for Involuntary Servitude is a Class 3 Felony, which carries a penalty of up to 16 years in the Department of Corrections, and a fine of up to $750,000.
C.R.S. 18-3-503 - Human Trafficking for Involuntary Servitude
(1) A person who knowingly sells, recruits, harbors, transports, transfers, isolates, entices, provides, receives, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of coercing the other person to perform labor or services commits human trafficking for involuntary servitude.
(2) Human trafficking for involuntary servitude is a class 3 felony; except that human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude is a class 2 felony.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to a charge pursuant to this section if the person being charged, at the time of the offense, was a victim of human trafficking for involuntary servitude who was forced or coerced into engaging in human trafficking for involuntary servitude pursuant to this section.
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