Today, we released our Hotline Statistics from 2016. Since December 2007, the National Human Trafficking Hotline and BeFree Textline have responded to more than 33,680 cases of human trafficking. These helplines provide thousands of survivors every year with vital support and a variety of options to get help and stay…
Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and I wanted to ask: how much do you really know about human trafficking? Take the Quiz All across the United States, victims of human trafficking are coerced or forced into labor or commercial sex against their will. There are many misconceptions about this…
For nearly ten years, Polaris has operated the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline to provide survivors of human trafficking with vital support and a variety of options to get help and stay safe, while sharing actionable tips for law enforcement and expertise with the anti-trafficking community. We are excited…
Originally published on Upworthy on October 10, 2016 By Robbie Couch. Elliot Costello met Thea in 2013 after she’d been rescued from two years of physical and sexual abuse in a Cambodian orphanage. Thea ended up there after her father, the family’s sole breadwinner, died. Losing her father wasn’t just…
