Trafficking Prevention & Resources
- Recognize Possible Trafficking — The National Human Trafficking Hotline has a good recognition guide, including both sex and labor trafficking indicators. Importantly, it cautions that individual indicators alone don’t prove trafficking.
Recognizing the Signs - Get Help or Report a Concern — The National Human Trafficking Hotline provides confidential 24/7 assistance, safety planning, referrals, and ways to report potential trafficking situations.
National Human Trafficking Hotline - Find Local Survivor Services — The Hotline also maintains a referral directory for emergency, transitional, and long-term services for survivors.
National Human Trafficking Referral Directory - Learn the Indicators — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign provides public education, indicator cards, awareness materials, videos, and training.
DHS Blue Campaign Resources - Learn How Trafficking Actually Happens — Polaris offers Human Trafficking 101 and material explaining trafficking, vulnerabilities, recruitment and exploitation. Their material is useful for avoiding some of the myths that circulate online about trafficking.
Polaris Human Trafficking 101 - Victim & Survivor Assistance — The U.S. Department of Justice maintains a larger collection of survivor assistance, training, publications and government resources.
DOJ Human Trafficking Resources