About Human Trafficking
What is Human Trafficking?
There are two types of trafficking:
sex & labor
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery – a multi-billion-dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 20.9 million people around the world. From a girl forced into prostitution at a truck stop, to the man discovered in a restaurant kitchen, stripped of his passport and held against his will. All trafficking victims share one essential experience: the loss of freedom.
After the international drug trade, the trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline receives an average of 100 calls per day.
No matter where you live, the chances of it happening nearby are very high. California has one of the highest rates of child trafficking in the U.S.
The Bay Area is one of the largest hubs of trafficking in the country.¹
Marin County is part of this hub.
About Sex Trafficking
This section is in the process of being updated. For more information about Human Trafficking, please refer to these sites.
https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/
https://www.heatwatch.org/human-trafficking/
https://www.sfcaht.org/index.html
About Labor Trafficking
This section is in the process of being updated. For more information about Human Trafficking, please refer to these sites.
https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/
https://www.heatwatch.org/human-trafficking/
https://www.sfcaht.org/index.html
How can we help victims?
Many victims can't escape and are trafficked until they are no longer of any value to the trafficker. Identifying these victims, assisting them in leaving their traffickers, and finding on-going help is a complex challenge for communities and governments alike.⁴
