REPORT INSTANCES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING!
Kids and Adults not For Sale!!
If you suspect someone is being trafficked, make a confidential call to the
National Human Trafficking Resource Center, toll-free:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
,
toll free,
(24/7)
trained operators are standing by and
there is no penalty for being wrong about a situation.
Make the call, save lives!
National Hotline: 1 + 888-3737-888
While the victims may sometimes be kept behind locked doors, they are often hidden right in front of us at, for example, construction sites, restaurants, elder care centers, nail salons, agricultural fields, and hotels. Traffickers' use of coercion - such as threats of deportation and harm to the victim or their family members - is so powerful that even if you reach out to victims, they may be too fearful to accept your help. Knowing indicators of human trafficking and some follow up questions will help you act on your gut feeling that something is wrong and report it.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING INDICATORS
While NOT an exhaustive list,
these are some key red flags that could alert you to a potential trafficking situation that should be reported:
- >Living with employer
- >Poor living conditions
- >Multiple people in cramped space
- >Inability to speak to individual alone
- >Answers appear to be scripted and rehearsed
- >Employer is holding identity documents
- >Signs of physical abuse
- >Submissive or fearful
- >Unpaid or paid very little
- >Under 18 and in prostitution