- Defines a human trafficking victim as any minor under the age of 18 used in a commercial sex act without regard to the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
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OHIO REV. CODE § 2953.38(b) (2024); OHIO REV. CODE § 2151.358(e) (2024).
- Adults and minors who have prior convictions of prostitution, solicitation, or loitering to engage in solicitation may apply to the sentencing court to expunge the conviction of any offense, except murder, aggravated murder, and rape, if they can prove that their participation in the offense was a result of being a victim of human trafficking.
Additional Resources
Anti-Trafficking Laws, Office of Criminal Justice Serv.
Protocol for Serving Child Trafficking Victims, Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force (2024).
OHIO REV. CODE § 2307.51 (2024).
- Victims can pursue civil damages against traffickers.
OHIO REV. CODE § 2905.32 (2022).
- For a prosecution for human trafficking, the element “compelled” does not require that the compulsion be openly displayed or physically exerted. The element “compelled” has been established if the state proves that the offender overcame the victim’s will by force, fear, duress, intimidation, or fraud, by furnishing or offering a controlled substance to the victim, or by manipulating the victim’s controlled substance addiction.
