Section 3-1201 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Coercion” includes actual or threatened: (1) use of physical force against an individual; (2) restraint, abduction, isolation, or confinement of an individual against the individual’s will and without lawful authority; (3) control or direction of the activity of an individual through debt bondage; (4) destruction, concealment, removal, confiscation, withholding, […]
Section 3-1202 – Labor Trafficking Prohibited
(a) A person may not knowingly: (1) take, place, harbor, persuade, induce, or entice another by force, fraud, or coercion to provide services or labor; or (2) receive a benefit or thing of value from the provision of services or labor by another that was induced by force, fraud, or coercion. (b) A person may not aid or conspire […]
Section 3-1203 – Investigation and Prosecution of Violations
(a) A State’s Attorney or the Attorney General may investigate and prosecute a violation of this subtitle or a violation of any crime based on the act establishing a violation of this subtitle. (b) If the Attorney General exercises authority under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General has all the powers and duties of a […]