21-5432. Human smuggling; aggravated human smuggling.
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21-5432. Human smuggling; aggravated human smuggling.
(1)Human smuggling is intentionally transporting, harboring or concealing an individual into or within Kansas when the person:
(A)Knows, or should have known, that the individual is entering into or remaining in the United States illegally;
(B)benefits financially or receives anything of value; and
(C)knows, or should have known, that the individual being smuggled is likely to be exploited for the financial gain of another.
(2)Aggravated human smuggling is human smuggling that:
(A)Is committed using a deadly weapon or by threat of use of a deadly weapon;
(B)causes bodily harm, great bodily harm or disfigurement to the individual being smuggled; or
(C)causes the individual being smuggled to become a victim of a sex offense described in article 55 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or human trafficking as defined in K.S.A. 21-5426 , and amendments thereto, or causes the person to commit selling sexual relations as defined in K.S.A. 21-6419 , and amendments thereto.
(1)Human smuggling is a severity level 5, person felony; and
(2)aggravated human smuggling is a severity level 3, person felony.
(c)This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.