§712-1202 Sex trafficking.
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§712-1202 Sex trafficking.
(1)A person commits the offense of sex trafficking if the person knowingly:
(a)Advances prostitution by compelling or inducing a person by force, threat, fraud, coercion, or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such conduct by another; or
(b)Advances prostitution or profits from prostitution of a minor.
(2)Sex trafficking is a class A felony.
(3)As used in this section:
"Fraud" means making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions.
"Minor" means a person who is less than eighteen years of age.
"Threat" means any of the actions listed in section 707‑764(1).
(4)The state of mind requirement for the offense under subsection (1)(b) is not applicable to the fact that the victim was a minor. A person is strictly liable with respect to the attendant circumstances that the victim was a minor. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 130, §2; am L 2008, c 147, §8; am L 2011, c 145, §3; am L 2016, c 206, §14; am L 2021, c 68, §6]
Law Journals and Reviews
State v. Ibarra : Prostitution, Intersectionality & the Hawai`i Supreme Court. 47 UH L. Rev. 249 (2024).