---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3298"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3298"
heading: "Trafficking-related offenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3298"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 213 — Limitations"
---

# §3298. Trafficking-related offenses


No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any non-capital [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) or conspiracy to commit a non-capital [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) under [section 1581](/usc/18/1581.md) (Peonage; Obstructing Enforcement), 1583 (Enticement into Slavery), 1584 (Sale into Involuntary Servitude), 1589 (Forced Labor), 1590 (Trafficking with Respect to Peonage, Slavery, Involuntary Servitude, or Forced Labor), or 1592 (Unlawful Conduct with Respect to Documents in furtherance of Trafficking, Peonage, Slavery, Involuntary Servitude, or Forced Labor) of this title or under section 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted not later than 10 years after the commission of the [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1182(a), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3126.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in text, is classified to section 1324(a) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.