Analysis: Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities, but Congress has the power to step in when they involve interstate or foreign travel.
A five-count superseding indictment charging singer R. Kelly with racketeering and other crimes, including sexual exploitation of children, also accuses him of violating the Mann Act for allegedly coercing and transporting women and girls across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity.
The federal statute outlaws prostitution and unlawful sexual activities when they involve interstate or foreign travel.with violating the statute by transporting a victim interstate and violating New York law by recklessly endangering the victim and exposing her to infectious venereal diseases. He is accused of violating other sections of the Mann Act by coercing or enticing a child to engage in unlawful sexual activity and of transporting a child in interstate commerce for similar reasons.
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