2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 28 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
28-831 Human trafficking; labor trafficking or sex trafficking; labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor; prohibited acts; penalties.

NE Code § 28-831 (2015) What's This?

28-831. Human trafficking; labor trafficking or sex trafficking; labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor; prohibited acts; penalties.

(1) Any person who engages in labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor is guilty of a Class II felony if the actor uses overt force or the threat of force or the trafficking victim has not yet attained the age of sixteen years. Any person who otherwise engages in labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor is guilty of a Class IIA felony.

(2) Any person who engages in labor trafficking or sex trafficking by inflicting or threatening to inflict serious personal injury, as defined in section 28-318, on another person or physically restrains or threatens to physically restrain another person is guilty of a Class IIA felony. Any person who otherwise engages in labor trafficking or sex trafficking is guilty of a Class III felony.

(3) Any person who knowingly benefits from or participates in a venture which has, as part of the venture, an act that is in violation of this section is guilty of a Class IIIA felony.

Source

  • Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 11;
  • Laws 2013, LB255, § 7;
  • Laws 2014, LB998, § 5;
  • Laws 2015, LB294, § 12.
  • Operative Date: August 30, 2015

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