1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:

   1. (1) pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property; or

   2. (2) offers a benefit;

      to or for a human trafficking victim with the specific intent to induce or obtain the product or act for which the human trafficking victim was trafficked commits human trafficking, a Level 4 felony.

2. (b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the human trafficking victim consented.

As added by P.L.144-2018, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.153-2022, SEC.2; P.L.3-2023, SEC.2.