Human Trafficking

MODERN-DAY SLAVERY IS REAL.
LEARN THE SIGNS. SAVE A LIFE.

Resources

SEX TRAFFICKING: Know The Signs

Learn to recognize certain “red flags” and clues that can help you better assess if someone in your community may be a victim of exploitation. Someone may be a victim of sex trafficking if she/he: The presence or absence of any of these indicators is not necessarily proof of human trafficking, but may alert you to a potential human trafficking situation. By identifying potential victims and reporting tips, you are doing your part to help law enforcement rescue victims. You…
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Know The Facts

MYTH: If someone is paid or initially consented to their situation, it’s not trafficking. FACT: Initial consent to commercial sex or labor before the trafficker used force, fraud, or coercion is not relevant. If a pimp forces a person to engage in sex for money against their will at any time, whether through threats, coercion, or physical violence, that person is a human trafficking victim, regardless of age or initial consent. Further, there is no such thing as a “child…
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SEX TRAFFICKING: Glossary

The following list of key sex trafficking terms is published in Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children, by Linda Smith. Automatic: a victim’s “automatic” routine when her pimp is out of town, in jail, or otherwise not in direct contact with those he is prostituting; all money generated on “automatic” is turned over to the pimp Bottom: a female appointed by the trafficker/pimp to supervise the others and report rule violations; may help instruct victims, collect money, book…
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If you need help, or you think someone may be a victim of human trafficking, please:
Call Orange County Safe Homes’ Confidential 24/7 Crisis Hotline 845-562-5340
Email help@humantraffickinghotline.org
Chat the National Human Trafficking Hotline via www.humantraffickinghotline.org/chat
or
Call National Human Trafficking Hotline 888-373-7888
Text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733)
Submit a tip online through the anonymous online reporting form via www.humantraffickinghotline.org/en/report-trafficking

The Anti-Trafficking Hotline, available 24/7, is a multilingual hotline for victims, survivors, and witnesses of human trafficking. All reports are confidential and you may remain anonymous.

By identifying potential victims and reporting tips, you are doing your part to help law enforcement rescue victims. You may even save a life.

Law enforcement can connect victims to services, such as medical and mental health care, shelter, job training, and legal assistance that can assist with restoring their freedom and dignity.

The “Know the signs. Save a life.” campaign uses education to ensure that the general public gains a better understanding of ways to identify traffickers and potential victims in hotels, truck stops, and throughout our communities.

Since trafficking networks often rely on legitimate businesses—many in the hotel and transportation services industries—to sustain their illicit and illegal operations, employees, guests, and customers of those businesses are uniquely positioned to identify and disrupt this terrible practice.