Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law with a century-old history. Though he was acquitted of more serious charges,

The Mann Act, otherwise known as the White-Slave Traffic Act, is a federal law that criminalizes the “transportation” of women and girls for “immoral purposes” After seven weeks in the courtroom, the jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs ' sex trafficking trial has reached a split verdict.