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December 2, 2025

35-42-3.5-1.4 Human trafficking

Sec. 1.4. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:

(1) pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property; or

(2) offers a benefit;

to or for a human trafficking victim with the specific intent to induce or obtain the product or act for which the human trafficking victim was trafficked commits human trafficking, a Level 4 felony.

(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the human trafficking victim consented.

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