HRS §712-1202
Sex trafficking crime and penalties
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section defines sex trafficking as knowingly forcing or tricking someone into prostitution, or profiting from it, including when the victim is a minor. It is a serious felony. The law also explains key terms and says you are responsible even if you did not know the victim was a minor.
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The statute, as written — Sex trafficking
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(1) A person commits the offense of sex trafficking if the person knowingly: (a) Advances prostitution by compelling or inducing a person by force, threat, fraud, coercion, or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such conduct by another; or (b) Advances prostitution or profits from prostitution of a minor. (2) Sex trafficking is a class A felony. (3) As used in this section: "Fraud" means making material false statements, misstatements, or omissions. "Minor" means a person who is less than eighteen years of age. "Threat" means any of the actions listed in section 707‑764(1). (4) The state of mind requirement for the offense under subsection (1)(b) is not applicable to the fact that the victim was a minor. A person is strictly liable with respect to the attendant circumstances that the victim was a minor.
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