18 U.S.C. § 1582
Vessels for slave trade
Whoever, whether as master, factor, or owner, builds, fits out, equips, loads, or otherwise prepares or sends away any vessel, in any port or place within the United States, or causes such vessel to sail from any such port or place, for the purpose of procuring any person from any foreign kingdom or country to be transported and held, sold, or otherwise disposed of as a slave, or held to service or labor, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1964–2025 · leading case: United States v. All Assets Held at Bank Julius Baer & Co.
United States v. All Assets Held at Bank Julius Baer & Co. (2008)
“This Court has original jurisdiction “of any action or proceeding for the recovery or enforcement of any fíne, penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, incurred under any Act of Congress, except matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade [setting…”
United States v. Complex MacHine Works Co. (1999)
“18 U.S.C. § 1582 provides: The Court of International Trade shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action which arises out of an import transaction and which is commenced by the United States— (1) to recover a civil penalty under section 592 .”
United States v. David I. Shackney (1964)
“One was a part of the series of enactments of the first quarter of the nineteenth century dealing with the African slave trade, other portions of which survive, in somewhat altered form, as 18 U.S.C. §§ 1582 and 1585-1587, see Hollander, Slavery in America, 33-35 (1964); this…”
United States v. Rodriguez (1994)
“§ 964 (1976) (providing that, during any war in which the United States is a neutral nation, "it shall be unlawful to send out of the United States any vessel built, armed, or equipped as a vessel of war”); 18 U.S.C. § 1582 (1984) (subjecting to criminal prosecution any person…”
United States v. Gaughan (2025)
“Therefore, the court may reduce Gaughan’s sentence to 63 months, the minimum of the amended guideline range, under 18 U.S.C. § 1582 (c)(2). Page 3 of 6 That does not conclude the inquiry, however.”
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