There is a newer version of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 30 - Trafficking of Persons
3001 - Definitions.
CHAPTER 30 TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS Sec. 3001. Definitions. 3002. Trafficking of persons. 3003. Restitution for offenses. 3004. Forfeiture. Enactment. Chapter 30 was added November 9, 2006, P.L.1340, No.139, effective in 60 days. Cross References. Chapter 30 is referred to in section 911 of this title. § 3001. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Criminal coercion." The term includes conduct defined as criminal coercion by section 2906 (relating to criminal coercion). "Forced labor or services." Labor or services that are performed or provided by another person which are obtained or maintained when a person: (1) attempts to cause, causes or by threat of physical menace puts another person in fear of bodily injury; (2) physically restrains or threatens to physically restrain another person unlawfully; (3) abuses or threatens to abuse the law or legal process; (4) possesses except as required by Federal immigration law or regulation, destroys, conceals, removes or confiscates any actual or purported passport or other immigration document of another person, or any other actual or purported government identification document of another person; or (5) engages in criminal coercion of another person. "Traffics." Recruits, entices, harbors, transports or provides or obtains by any means.
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