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* '''Trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years''' (section 279.011) adds a mandatory minimum sentence of six years imprisonment where the offence involves aggravated assault, sexual assault or death of the trafficked child and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in other cases. | * '''Trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years''' (section 279.011) adds a mandatory minimum sentence of six years imprisonment where the offence involves aggravated assault, sexual assault or death of the trafficked child and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in other cases. | ||
* '''Material benefit''' (section 279.02) makes it | * '''Material benefit''' (section 279.02) makes it a crime to receive a financial or other material benefit knowing the benefit was a result of human trafficking. There is a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment. | ||
* '''Withholding or destroying travel or identification documents''' (section 279.03), for example someone's passport or visa, for the purpose of committing human trafficking, is an offence. There is a maximum sentence of five years in prison. | * '''Withholding or destroying travel or identification documents''' (section 279.03), for example someone's passport or visa, for the purpose of committing human trafficking, is an offence. There is a maximum sentence of five years in prison. | ||
