2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 53a - Penal Code
Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses
Section 53a-192a - Trafficking in persons: Class B felony.

(a) A person is guilty of trafficking in persons when such person (1) compels or induces another person to engage in conduct involving more than one occurrence of sexual contact with one or more third persons, or provide labor or services that such person has a legal right to refrain from providing, by means of (A) the use of force against such other person or a third person, or by the threat of use of force against such other person or a third person, (B) fraud, or (C) coercion, as provided in section 53a-192, or (2) compels or induces another person who is under eighteen years of age to engage in conduct involving more than one occurrence of sexual contact with one or more third persons that constitutes (A) prostitution, or (B) sexual contact for which such third person may be charged with a criminal offense. For the purposes of this subsection, “sexual contact” means any contact with the intimate parts of another person.

(b) Trafficking in persons is a class B felony.

(P.A. 06-43, S. 1; P.A. 10-36, S. 26; P.A. 13-166, S. 2; P.A. 15-195, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 06-43 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to replace “work” with “provide labor or services”, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 13-166 amended Subsec. (a) to substantially revise elements of offense and add definition of “sexual contact”; P.A. 15-195 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re person compelling or inducing another person to engage in conduct involving more than one occurrence of sexual contact with one or more third persons as new Subdiv. (1), redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subparas. (A) to (C) and adding new Subdiv. (2) re compelling or inducing another person who is under 18 to engage in conduct involving more than one occurrence of sexual contact with one or more third persons.