A1407

Upgrades penalties for certain prostitution crimes; creates crimes of leader of prostitution network and participant in prostitution network.

Upgrades penalties for certain prostitution crimes, including compelling another to engage in or promote prostitution and promoting prostitution of one’s spouse, from crimes of the third degree to crimes of the second degree. Creates the crimes of leader of a prostitution network, a crime of the second degree, and participant in a prostitution network, a crime of the third degree. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to the crime of participant in a prostitution network that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking during the commission of the crime.