Definiciones sobre trata de personas y servidumbre involuntaria en Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

Esta sección de la ley explica qué es la trata de personas y la servidumbre involuntaria. Es como cuando alguien obliga a otra persona a trabajar o hacer cosas que no quiere hacer, usando miedo o amenazas.

Es como cuando un jugador de fútbol es forzado a jugar un partido sin querer, porque el entrenador le dice que si no juega, le quitarán su lugar en el equipo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana, una joven de 17 años, es llevada a una ciudad donde le prometen un trabajo. Sin embargo, la obligan a trabajar largas horas en un club nocturno y no le permiten salir. Ana se siente atrapada y asustada, sin poder escapar de esa situación.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(5) A violation of any other law of this Commonwealth governing the payment of wages for labor or services. "Human trafficking." Any activity in violation of section 3011 (relating to trafficking in individuals) either alone or in conjunction with an activity in violation of section 3012 (relating to involuntary servitude). "Involuntary servitude." Labor servitude or sexual servitude. "Labor." Work or service of economic or financial value. "Labor servitude." Labor which is performed or provided by another individual and is induced or obtained by any of the means set forth in section 3012(b). "Minor." An individual who is less than 18 years of age. "Record." Information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that documents a transaction or activity and that is created, received or retained under law or in connection with a transaction, business or activity. The term includes any of the following: (1) A document, paper, letter, map, book, tape, photograph, film or sound recording. (2) Information stored or maintained electronically. (3) A data-processed or image-processed document. "Serious harm." Any harm, whether physical or nonphysical, that is sufficiently serious, under all the surrounding circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances as the victim of human trafficking to perform or to continue performing labor or a service, a commercial sex act or a performance involving sex acts in order to avoid incurring that harm. "Service." Any act committed at the behest of, under the supervision of or for the benefit of another. "Sex act." Any touching or exposure of the sexual or other intimate parts of any individual for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire of any individual. "Sexual servitude." Any sex act o