§ 1592. — Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1592]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 77--PEONAGE AND SLAVERY
Sec. 1592. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in
furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary
servitude, or forced labor
(a) Whoever knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, or
possesses any actual or purported passport or other immigration
document, or any other actual or purported government identification
document, of another person--
(1) in the course of a violation of section 1581, 1583, 1584,
1589, 1590, 1591, or 1594(a);
(2) with intent to violate section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590,
or 1591; or
(3) to prevent or restrict or to attempt to prevent or restrict,
without lawful authority, the person's liberty to move or travel, in
order to maintain the labor or services of that person, when the
person is or has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in
persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years,
or both.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the conduct of a person who is
or has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, as
defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, if that conduct is caused by, or incident to, that trafficking.
(Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat.
1488.)
References in Text
Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000,
referred to in subsecs. (a)(3) and (b), is classified to section 7102 of
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
