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Senate Judiciary Committee advances S-1989 to expand trafficking offenses to include financial beneficiaries
Summary
The committee voted to advance S-1989, a bill that would expand the crime of human trafficking to cover individuals who benefit financially from trafficking and traffickers of minors coerced into labor or services. The committee adopted clarifying amendments and heard testimony from advocates.
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee advanced S-1989, a bill sponsored in committee by Senators Gopal and Singleton, which would expand the criminal offense of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially from trafficking schemes and to create an enhanced penalty for traffickers who coerce minors into labor or services.
The committee considered committee amendments that, according to the chair’s brief summary, would clarify that enhanced penalties apply to: (1) any participant in a human trafficking scheme or course of conduct who…
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