(1) A person commits the offense of sex trafficking if the person knowingly:

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A felony20 years to lifeup to $50,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-659
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 712-1202

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
(a) Advances prostitution by compelling or inducing a person by force, threat, fraud, coercion, or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such conduct by another; or
(b) Advances prostitution or profits from prostitution of a minor.
(2) Sex trafficking is a class A felony.
(3) As used in this section:

“Fraud” means making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions.

“Minor” means a person who is less than eighteen years of age.

“Threat” means any of the actions listed in section 707-764(1).

(4) The state of mind requirement for the offense under subsection (1)(b) is not applicable to the fact that the victim was a minor. A person is strictly liable with respect to the attendant circumstances that the victim was a minor.

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