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In the US, what is the Mann Act?

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In the US, what is the Mann Act?

The Mann Act is an anti-sex trafficking law that prohibits taking anyone across state lines “for any immoral purpose.”_x000D_

Was R. Kelly convicted of sex trafficking?

_x000D_R&B superstar R. Kelly, 54, was convicted Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, in a sex trafficking trial. A jury of seven men and five women found Kelly guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking (violating the Mann Act). On May 4, 2022, Kelly will be sentenced by the same federal judge who oversaw his trial in Brooklyn. The singer is also facing sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota. Trial dates in those cases have yet to be set. Kelly had been tried once before, in Chicago in a child pornography case, but was acquitted in 2008.

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