2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §13-1308  Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services; classification; definitions

A. It is unlawful for a person to either:

1. Knowingly traffic another person with the intent to or knowledge that the other person will be subject to forced labor or services.

2. Knowingly benefit, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act in violation of section 13-1306, section 13-1307 or this section.

B. A violation of this section is a class 2 felony.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Forced labor or services" means labor or services that are performed or provided by another person and that are obtained through a person's either:

(a) Causing or threatening to cause serious physical injury to any person.

(b) Restraining or threatening to physically restrain another person.

(c) Withholding from another person that person's government records, identifying information or personal property.

2. "Traffic" means to transport another person or to entice, recruit, harbor, provide or otherwise obtain another person for transport by deception, coercion or force.