Sex and human trafficking
Trafficking is what happens when children, teens, men or women are subjected to "force, fraud or coercion" for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. Human trafficking is slavery! It's far more common than you think, and we all have the power and energy to stop it.
Signs of Human Trafficking
Signs of Human Trafficking
- Abusive employment situation
- One person controlling another or a group (speaking for them; escorting them to/from work)
- Employer in control of employee’s identification/immigration documents
- People locked inside a residence or workplace
- Someone unable to leave a particular job (forced to work there)
- Threats to employee or employee’s family by employer
- “Debt” owed by employee to employer that can never get repaid
- Employee forced to live in employer-owned or controlled residence
Find information, help and support to stop trafficking!
WARN-Washington Anti-trafficking Response Network can help you help yourself, or a friend. WARN is a coalition of organizations in Washington State that provide direct assistance to victims of trafficking.
To report possible human trafficking or to obtain information on services for trafficked persons,
call 9-1-1, or one of these numbers:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center 24-Hour Hotline 1.888.3737.888
Washington Anti-Trafficking Response Network Victim Assistance Line 206.245.0782
OATH Oregonians against Trafficking Humans Hotline: 503.793.9221
WARN-Washington Anti-trafficking Response Network can help you help yourself, or a friend. WARN is a coalition of organizations in Washington State that provide direct assistance to victims of trafficking.
To report possible human trafficking or to obtain information on services for trafficked persons,
call 9-1-1, or one of these numbers:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center 24-Hour Hotline 1.888.3737.888
Washington Anti-Trafficking Response Network Victim Assistance Line 206.245.0782
OATH Oregonians against Trafficking Humans Hotline: 503.793.9221