HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS MODERN DAY SLAVERY
Help us stop human trafficking
Human trafficking is modern day slavery in which victims are controlled by force, fraud, or coercion for sex or labor services. You can sell drugs only once, but you can sell a human being over and over again.
The Office of the District Attorney is dedicated to shining a light on a crime that hides in plain sight. If you suspect someone is a victim of human trafficking, contact law enforcement immediately. You may just save a life.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PSA
If you suspect human trafficking, contact the 24/7 National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call: (888) 373-7888
Text: 233733
Know the Signs
List provided by Polaris Project.
Poor Mental Health or Abnormal Behavior
• Is fearful, anxious, depressed, submissive, tense, or nervous/paranoid
• Exhibits unusually fearful or anxious behavior after bringing up law enforcement
• Avoids eye contact
Common Work & Living Conditions: The Individual(s) in Question…
• Is not free to leave or come and go as he/she wishes
• Is under 18 and is providing commercial sex acts
• Is in the commercial sex industry and has a pimp / manager
• Is unpaid, paid very little, or paid only through tips
• Works excessively long and/or unusual hours
• Is not allowed breaks or suffers under unusual restrictions at work
• Owes a large debt and is unable to pay it off
• Was recruited through false promises concerning the nature and conditions of his/her work
• High security measures exist in the work and/or living locations (e.g. opaque windows, boarded up windows, bars on windows, barbed wire, security cameras, etc.)
Poor Physical Health
• Lacks health care
• Appears malnourished
• Shows signs of physical and/or sexual abuse, physical restraint, confinement, or torture
Lack of Control
• Has few or no personal possessions
• Is not in control of his/her own money, no financial records, or bank account
• Is not in control of his/her own identification documents (ID or passport)
• Is not allowed or able to speak for themselves (a third party may insist on being present and/or translating)
Other
• Claims of just visiting and inability to clarify where he/she is staying/address
• Lack of knowledge of whereabouts and/or do not know what city he/she is in
• Loss of sense of time
• Has numerous inconsistencies in his/her story
Additional Resources
Click the links below to learn more about human tafficking.
Tulare County Human Trafficking Task ForceNational Human Trafficking HotlineHomeland Security: Blue CampaignPolaris Project