IC 35-42-3.5-0.5 — Definitions
Chapter 3.5. Human and Sexual Trafficking
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Sec. 0.5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Human trafficking" means an offense described in sections 1 through 1.4 of this chapter. (2) "Human trafficking victim" means a person who is the victim of human trafficking. (3) "Sexual conduct" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-42-4-4. (b) As used in this chapter, "force", "threat of force", "coercion", or "fraud" means but is not limited to a person: (1) causing or threatening to cause physical harm to a human trafficking victim; (2) physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain a human trafficking victim; (3) abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process to further the act of human trafficking; (4) knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document of the human trafficking victim; (5) using blackmail or threatening to cause financial harm for the purpose of exercising financial control over the human trafficking victim; or (6) facilitating or controlling a human trafficking victim's access to a controlled substance.
As added by P.L.144-2018, SEC.19.
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