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NJ S1142
NJ S1142Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially.
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Introduced
01/31/2022
01/31/2022
In Committee
01/31/2022
01/31/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2024
01/08/2024
Introduced Session
2022-2023 Regular Session
Bill Summary
The bill expands the reach of the statute by including those individuals who receive a "financial benefit" from participating in human trafficking without necessarily being an "organizer, supervisor, financier or manager" of the enterprise or scheme. Under the current law, a person commits the crime of human trafficking if he: (1) knowingly holds, recruits, lures, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains, by any means, another, to engage in unlawful sexual activity or to provide labor or services: ? by threats of serious bodily harm or physical restraint against the person or any other person; ? by means of any scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause the person to believe that the person or any other person would suffer serious bodily harm or physical restraint; ? by criminal coercion; or ? by destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any passport, immigration-related document or other government document; or ? by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of the law or legal process; or (2) receives anything of value from participation as an organizer, supervisor, financier or manager in a scheme or course of conduct which violates paragraph (1) of this subsection.
AI Summary
This bill expands the crime of human trafficking to include individuals who financially benefit from participating in human trafficking, even if they are not the organizers, supervisors, financiers, or managers of the scheme. The current law already criminalizes holding, recruiting, luring, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining another person to engage in unlawful sexual activity or provide labor or services through various means of coercion or deception. This bill adds those who "benefit financially" from such a scheme to the list of individuals who can be charged with human trafficking, even if they are not directly involved in the day-to-day operations.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (3)
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 01/31/2022)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/S1142 |
| BillText | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1142_I1.HTM |
| Bill | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1142_I1.PDF |
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