Offence of providing services for the purpose of trafficking in persons

(1) A person who, directly or indirectly, provides or makes available financial services or facilities– (a) intended to be used, or knowingly, or having reasonable grounds to believe that the services or facilities will be used for the purpose of committing or facilitating the commission of an act of trafficking in persons, or for the purpose of benefiting any person who is committing or facilitating the commission of an act of trafficking in persons; or (b) knowingly, or having reasonable grounds to believe that the services of facilities will be used by or will benefit a person involved in an act of trafficking in persons, Trafficking In Persons (Prohibition) [CAP. 108:01 19 commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine often thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of five years or to both. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), “financial services or facilities” include the services or facilities offered by an attorney at law or accountant acting as an agent for a client.