§ 45-5-706

45-5-706. Aggravated sex trafficking. (1) A person commits the offense of aggravated sex trafficking if, during the commission of the offense of sex trafficking, the person purposely or knowingly: (a) uses fraud, coercion, or deception to control an adult to engage in prostitution; or (b) recruits, entices, or obtains the victim of the offense from a shelter that serves runaway youth, foster children, homeless persons, human trafficking victims, or victims of domestic violence or sexual violence. (2) A person convicted of the offense of aggravated sex trafficking shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 5 years or more than 40 years, fined in the amount of $400,000, or both. The exceptions provided in 46-18-222(5) and (6) do not apply. History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 285, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 666, L. 2023.