Alabama § 13A-6-153 - Human Trafficking in the Second Degree.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 13A-6-153 — Human Trafficking in the Second Degree., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13A-6-153. Human Trafficking in the Second Degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of human trafficking in the second degree if:
(1) He or she knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture or engagement for the purpose of sexual servitude or labor servitude.
(2) He or she knowingly recruits, entices, solicits, induces, harbors, transports, holds, restrains, provides, maintains, subjects, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of labor servitude or sexual servitude.
(3) He or she knowingly advertises, either online or in print, access to the sexual or labor servitude of another.
(b) A corporation, or any other legal entity other than an individual, may be prosecuted for human trafficking in the second degree for an act or omission only if an agent of the corporation or entity performs the conduct which is an element of the crime while acting within the scope of his or her office or employment and on behalf of the corporation or entity, and the commission of the crime was either authorized, requested, commanded, performed, or within the scope of the person’s employment on behalf of the corporation or entity or constituted a pattern of conduct that an agent of the corporation or entity knew or should have known was occurring.
(c) Any person who obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section shall be guilty of a Class B felony.
(d) Human trafficking in the second degree is a Class B felony.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13A-6-153 ("Human Trafficking in the Second Degree.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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