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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits the felony of human sex trafficking of a child if the person:
(1) Traffics a child and knowingly, by any means, causes or attempts to cause the trafficked person to engage in or become the victim of:
(a) Commercial sexual activity;
(b) A sexually explicit performance; or
(c) Conduct prohibited by:
(i) Section 18-924 (sexual battery);
(ii) Section 18-925 (aggravated sexual battery);
(iii) Section 18-1601 (rape);
(iv) Section 18-1506 (sexual abuse of a child under sixteen years);
(v) Section 18-1507 (sexual exploitation of a child);
(vi) Section 18-1507A (sexual exploitation of a child by electronic means);
(vii) Section 18-1508 (lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen);
(viii) Section 18-1508A (sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age);
(ix) Section 18-5602 (procurement);
(x) Section 18-5603 (receiving pay for procurement);
(xi) Section 18-5604 (paying for procurement);
(xii) Section 18-5605 (detention for commercial sexual activity);
(xiii) Section 18-5606 (receiving proceeds of illegal sexual activity);
(xiv) Section 18-5608 (place of commercial sexual activity);
(xv) Section 18-5609 (inducing a child into commercial sexual activity);
(xvi) Section 18-5610 (utilizing a child for commercial sexual activity);
(xvii) Section 18-5611 (inducing a child to engage in commercial sexual activity);
(xviii) Section 18-5613 (providing commercial sexual activity);
(xix) Section 18-5614 (soliciting commercial sexual activity);
(xx) Section 18-6601 (incest);
(xxi) Section 18-6602 (sexual abuse of an animal);
(xxii) Section 18-6603 (sexual abuse of human remains); or
(xxiii) Section 18-6604 (forcible penetration by use of a foreign object);
(2) Engages in sexual contact with a child being trafficked in the manner described in subsection (1) of this section; or
(3) Receives any benefit from participating in a venture knowing that the venture involves an activity described in subsection (1) of this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Idaho Statutes Title 18. Crimes and Punishments § 18-8608. Human sex trafficking of a child - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/id/title-18-crimes-and-punishments/id-st-sect-18-8608/
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