45-5-306. Trafficking of persons for involuntary servitude. - Montana Statutes

     45-5-306. Trafficking of persons for involuntary servitude. (1) A person commits the offense of trafficking of persons for involuntary servitude if the person purposely or knowingly:
     (a) recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means another person, intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude as described in 45-5-305; or
     (b) benefits financially by receiving anything of value from participation in a venture that has engaged in the offense of subjecting another to involuntary servitude as described in 45-5-305.
     (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), a person convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons for involuntary servitude shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than 15 years, fined an amount not to exceed $100,000, or both.
     (b) A person convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons for involuntary servitude, if the violation involves aggravated kidnapping, sexual intercourse without consent, or deliberate homicide, shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not more than 100 years and may be fined not more than $100,000.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 147, L. 2007.