18 U.S.C. § 1592 : US Code - Section 1592: Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1592 : US Code - Section 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.
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