Idaho § 18-8607 - Human sex trafficking
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-8607 — Human sex trafficking, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-8607. Human sex trafficking
A person commits the felony of human sex trafficking if the person knowingly:
(1) Traffics another person and causes or attempts to cause, through force, fraud, or coercion, the trafficked person to engage in or become the victim of:
(a) Commercial sexual activity;
(b) A sexually explicit performance; or
(c) Conduct prohibited by:
(i) Section 18-5602 (procurement);
(ii) Section 18-5603 (receiving pay for procurement);
(iii) Section 18-5604 (paying for procurement);
(iv) Section 18-5605 (detention for commercial sexual activity);
(v) Section 18-5606 (receiving proceeds of illegal sexual activity);
(vi) Section 18-5608 (place of commercial sexual activity);
(vii) Section 18-5609 (inducing a child into commercial sexual activity);
(viii) Section 18-5610 (utilizing a child for commercial sexual activity);
(ix) Section 18-5611 (inducing a child to engage in commercial sexual activity);
(x) Section 18-5613 (providing commercial sexual activity); or
(xi) Section 18-5614 (soliciting commercial sexual activity);
(2) Engages in sexual contact with a person being trafficked in the manner described in subsection (1) of this section; or
(3) Receives any benefit from participating in a venture that involves an activity described in subsection (1) of this section.
[18-8607, added 2024, ch. 147, sec. 28, p. 567.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18-8607 ("Human sex trafficking") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. 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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