Guam § 26 - Criminal Provisions.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 26 — Criminal Provisions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26. Criminal Provisions.
(a) Trafficking in Persons. Any person who knowingly:
(1) recruits, entices, solicits, isolates, harbors,
transports, provides, or obtains by any means or attempts to
recruit, entice, solicit, isolate, harbor, transport, provide, or
obtain by any means, another person, knowing that the
person will be subjected to sexual servitude of a minor or
involuntary servitude, or
(2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of
value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in
an act described in paragraph 1(a), commits a second degree
felony.
(b) Sexual Servitude of a Minor. Any person who
knowingly:
(1) recruits, entices, solicits, isolates, harbors,
transports, provides, or obtains, by any means, or attempts
to recruit, entice, solicit, isolate, harbor, transport, provide,
or obtain by any means, any minor for the purpose of
commercial sex acts or sexually explicit performance, or
(2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of
value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in
an act described in paragraph 2(a), commits a first degree
felony.
(c) Involuntary Servitude. Any person who knowingly
subjects, or attempts to subject, another person to:
(1) commercial sex acts or sexually explicit
performance, or
(2) labor or services through the use of any of the
following means:
(A) causing or threatening to cause serious harm
to any person;
(B) physically restraining or threatening to
physically restrain another person;
(C) abusing or threatening to abuse the law or
legal process;
(D) 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 another person;
(E) extortion or blackmail;
(F) deception or fraud;
(G) debt coercion;
(H) causing or threatening to cause financial harm
to any person;
(I) facilitating or controlling a victim's access to
an addictive controlled substance; or
(J) using any scheme, plan, or pattern, whether
overt or subtle, intended to cause any person to believe
that, if the person did not perform such labor, services,
acts or performances, that person or another person
would suffer serious harm or physical restraint,
commits a first degree felony.
(d) Accomplice Liability. Any person who knowingly aids,
abets, or conspires with one or more persons to violate the
criminal provisions of this subsection shall be punishable in the
same manner as for a completed violation of that section.
Frequently Asked Questions About Guam § 26
What does Guam Code Annotated § 26 cover?
Section 26 ("Criminal Provisions.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
How do I cite Guam § 26?
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