Mann Act

  • The Mann Act of 1910, also known as the White Slave Traffic Act, was a Federal law whose stated aim was to prohibit prostitution and human trafficking, but which in practice was used to criminalize sexual relations between consenting adults, and made up a key component of the Jim Crow laws.
  • Recent History

    While the specifics of the legislation have been challenged and modified over the years, it remains on the books. Prior to the resignation of New York governor Eliot Spitzer, whose name appears on a list of clients of the escort service, Emperors Club VIP, sources including The Wall Street Journal suggested that Spitzer was negotiating a deal in which he would resign in order to avoid prosecution under the Mann Act.
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