§ 14-43.11. Human trafficking. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 14‑43.11.  Humantrafficking.

(a)        A person commitsthe offense of human trafficking when that person knowingly recruits, entices,harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means another person with theintent that the other person be held in involuntary servitude or sexualservitude.

(b)        A person whoviolates this section is guilty of a Class F felony if the victim of theoffense is an adult. A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class Cfelony if the victim of the offense is a minor.

(c)        Each violation ofthis section constitutes a separate offense and shall not merge with any otheroffense. Evidence of failure to deliver benefits or perform services standingalone shall not be sufficient to authorize a conviction under this section.

(d)        A person who is nota legal resident of North Carolina, and would consequently be ineligible forState public benefits or services, shall be eligible for the public benefitsand services of any State agency if the person is otherwise eligible for thepublic benefit and is a victim of an offense charged under this section.Eligibility for public benefits and services shall terminate at such time asthe victim's eligibility to remain in the United States is terminated underfederal law. (2006‑247,s. 20(b); 2007‑547, s. 1.)