Federal laws relating to child sexual exploitation and modern-day slavery
Information important for persons attempting to file complaints of child sexual exploitation and modern-day slavery to review is some of the federal laws possibly violated in these cases and attempting to have them investigated. Awareness of such information may facilitate cooperation of law enforcement and other agents. This article lists what some of those laws are.
(PRWEB) July 4, 2004 -- Information important for persons attempting to file complaints of child sexual exploitation and modern-day slavery to review is some of the federal laws possibly violated in these cases and attempting to have them investigated. These U.S. Codes are easily accessible on the internet at http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm:
Those relating to crimes associated, or often associated, with these activities include:
- USC Chapter 13 - Civil Rights, Sec. 241. Conspiracy against rights
- USC Chapter 73 - Obstruction Of Justice, particularly:
- Sec. 1510. Obstruction of criminal investigations
- USC Chapter 77 - Peonage, Slavery, And Trafficking In Persons, particularly:
- Sec. 1589. Forced Labor (note that sexual exploitation is a "service" and forced sexual exploitation is "forced labor")
- Sec. 1590. Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
- Sec. 1591. Sex trafficking of children OR by force, fraud or coercion
- USC Chapter 95 - Racketeering
- USC Chapter 96 - Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations, particularly:
- Sec. 1961. Definitions, as amended by Pub. L. 108-193, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, sec. 5(b), 117 Stat. 2879, accessible at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov
- USC Chapter 109a - Sexual Abuse
- USC Chapter 110 - Sexual Exploitation And Other Abuse Of Children (Also see Pub. L. 108-21, sec. SEC. 501, 117 Stat. 676: "Congress finds the following: (1) Obscenity and child pornography are not entitled to protection under the First Amendment ...")
- USC Chapter 117 - Transportation For Illegal Sexual Activity And Related Crimes
Federal laws relating to prosecution and protection include:
- USC Chapter 213 - Limitations, Sec. 3283. Child abuse offenses
- USC Chapter 78 - Trafficking Victims Protection
- USC Chapter 101 - Records And Reports, Sec. 2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports (possibly applicable)
- USC Chapter 227 - Sentences, Sec. 3559. Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Repeated Sex Offenses Against Children
- USC Chapter 132 - Victims Of Child Abuse
Other possible avenues may be available, depending on the laws of the particular state. For example, in Connecticut there is Connecticut State Statute Title 54 Sec. 54-47c. Application for investigation into commission of crime, the text of which is accessible at http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2001/pub/Chap960.htm#sec54-47c.htm
Additional information and comments regarding infrastructure issues relating to this may be available through resources such as those on the internet by this writer:
"Government reform needed to fight U.S. modern-day slavery" at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Apr%20/0/prweb122283.htm
"Iraq type atrocities are happening in U.S." at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/5/emw125900.htm
"Major flaws in US 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report" at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/6/emw135884.htm
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