Human Trafficking
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations recognize and define two primary forms of human trafficking:
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Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age.
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Forced labor is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
Stalking
The law makes it a federal felony to cross state lines to stalk or harass an individual if the conduct causes fear of serious bodily injury or death to the stalking victim or to the victim's immediate family members. Furthermore, it is a federal felony to stalk or harass on military or U.S. territorial lands, including Indian Country. Someone commits the felony of stalking if that person:
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places another person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to him- or herself, his or her immediate family member, or spouse or intimate partner;
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causes, attempts to cause, or could reasonably be expected to cause substantial emotional distress to the target of their conduct or
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acts with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, or place the victim under surveillance in order to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate that person.
Cyberstalking
Cyberstalking refers to the misuse of the Internet or other technology to stalk and harass someone. A stalker may contact via email, social media sites, messaging apps, or other online spaces/websites. The stalker may also post disparaging messages and share personal information or pictures online to harass or scare the intended victim. Some stalkers may also use technology to find/track the person’s location and monitor online and offline activities. Someone commits the crime of cyberstalking when:
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acting with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimate intimidate another person by use of email, any interactive computer service or electronic communication service, or electronic communication system of interstate commerce, or any other facility of interstate or foreign commerce
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