Us Code § 20712 - Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors
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§ 20712. Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors
All training required under section 20709 of this title and section 7105(c)(4) 1 of title 22 shall—
(1) emphasize that an individual who knowingly solicits or patronizes a commercial sex act from a person who was a minor (consistent with section 1591(c) of title 18) or was subject to force, fraud, or coercion is guilty of an offense under chapter 77 of title 18 and is a party to a human trafficking offense;
(2) develop specific curriculum for—
(A) under appropriate circumstances, arresting and prosecuting buyers of commercial sex, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced labor as a form of primary prevention; and
(B) investigating and prosecuting individuals who knowingly benefit financially from participation in a venture that has engaged in any act of human trafficking; and
(3) specify that any comprehensive approach to eliminating human trafficking shall include a demand reduction component.
(Pub. L. 109–164, title II, §212, formerly Pub. L. 115–392, §7, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5253; renumbered §212 of Pub. L. 109–164, Pub. L. 117–347, title I, §106(b)(2), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6204.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 7105(c)(4) of title 22, referred to in text, was in the original "section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000" and was translated as if it read "section 107(c)(4)" of the Act to reflect the probable intent of Congress. There is no section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and section 107(c)(4) relates to the training of Government personnel.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 20709a of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 117–347.
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