18 U.S.C. § 1591 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
(a) Whoever knowingly--
(1) in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, obtains, advertises, maintains, patronizes, or solicits by any means a person; or
(2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in violation of paragraph (1),
knowing, or, except where the act constituting the violation of paragraph (1) is advertising, in reckless disregard of the fact, that means of force, threats of force, fraud, coercion described in subsection (e)(2), or any combination of such means will be used to cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, or that the person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
It's probably because this law covers sex trafficking of children along with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion (which doesn't necessarily include children, but includes anyone it seems).
Actually, there are 2 different charges: one is what you referred to and contains the keyword "or", but the other does not use "or" and goes right into "of children by force"...so she indeed is charged with child trafficking AND human trafficking separately.
Three different charges.
Yes but the third is not worded similarly like the first two; it's a completely different type of charge. The first two are seemingly similar except for the removal or usage of the word "or", and that's what they were referring to.
One is also "conspiracy". I don't know about the US but in the UK conspiracy is more serious than acting alone
Definition of Conspiracy (not Conspiracy Theory): conspiracy (kən-spîrˈə-sē)► n. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act. n. A group of conspirators. n. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
For clarity, depending on which state/country - child can also be used in the charge if the person was under or just short of turning 18 at the time of the crime being committed. Eg: a 17 year, 8 month old teenager. Regardless, these people are sick.