Virginia legal term
Labor trafficking in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Labor trafficking” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Labor trafficking” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Labor trafficking" means 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 debt bondage, involuntary servitude, peonage, or slavery. (Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.15)
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