steve66613 wrote:
What’s the customary penalty for human trafficking?
It varies from state to state and type of trafficking. She would fall under the term of Coyotaje. It can also fall under racketeering laws.
https://www.dhs.gov/human-trafficking-laws-regulationsFor CA, here is the potential sentencing.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. PENALTIES. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
• Increases criminal penalties for human trafficking, including prison sentences up to 15-years-to-life and
fines up to $1,500,000.
• Fines collected to be used for victim services and law enforcement.
• Requires person convicted of trafficking to register as sex offender.
• Requires sex offenders to provide information regarding Internet access and identities they use in online
activities.
• Prohibits evidence that victim engaged in sexual conduct from being used against victim in court
proceedings.
• Requires human trafficking training for police officers.
Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:
• Increased costs, not likely to exceed a couple million dollars annually, to state and local governments for
criminal justice activities related to the prosecution and incarceration of human trafficking offenders.
• Potential one-time local government costs of up to a few million dollars on a statewide basis, and lesser
additional costs incurred each year, due to new mandatory human trafficking-related training requirements
for law enforcement officers.
• Potential additional revenue from new criminal fines, likely a few million dollars annually, which would
fund services for human trafficking victims and for law enforcement activities related to human trafficking.
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And she specifically bragged about children and someone in a category of most vulnerable. Vulnerable Group Examples:
Delaware raises labor trafficking from a class C to a class B felony when committed against a minor.
Florida raises the trafficking penalty for commercial sexual activity from a first degree felony to a life felony when the crime is committed against a person who is “mentally defective or mentally incapacitated.”
Missouri law creates the crime of “Contributing to Human Trafficking” for those who misuse immigration documents to facilitate trafficking crimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_United_States