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U.S. Code / Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal… / Part I—Crimes
Title 18Chapter

Chapter 77—Peonage, Slavery, and Trafficking in Persons

Contents

  1. § 1581. Peonage; obstructing enforcement
  2. § 1582. Vessels for slave trade
  3. § 1583. Enticement into slavery
  4. § 1584. Sale into involuntary servitude
  5. § 1585. Seizure, detention, transportation or sale of slaves
  6. § 1586. Service on vessels in slave trade
  7. § 1587. Possession of slaves aboard vessel
  8. § 1588. Transportation of slaves from United States
  9. § 1589. Forced labor
  10. § 1590. Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
  11. § 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
  12. § 1592. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
  13. § 1593. Mandatory restitution
  14. § 1593A. Benefitting financially from peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons
  15. § 1594. General provisions
  16. § 1595. Civil remedy
  17. § 1595A. Civil injunctions
  18. § 1596. Additional jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses
  19. § 1597. Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents

Citation

Cite as
Title 18, U.S. Code
Edition
United States Code, 2024 Edition
Current through
01/06/2025

Official sources

Current text and notes (House OLRC)GPO edition on govinfoAbout the Statutes at Large

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