Tips for identifying victims.

You may be asking 'how can I look out for human trafficking in my everyday life'? Victims of human trafficking may look like many of the people you come in contact with everyday.

Look for the following clues:

-Evidence of being controlled

-Evidence of inability to move or leave job

-Bruises or other signs of physical abuse

-Fear or depression

-Not speaking on own behalf and/or non-English speaking

-No passport or other forms of identification or documentation

-Locks on door/windows on the outside (can't get out from inside)

-Accompanied by a controlling person or boss; not speaking on own behalf

-Lack of control over personal schedule, money, I.D.,travel documents

-Transported to or from work; lives and works in the same place

-Debt owed to employer/crew leader; inability to leave job

-Overly submissive

-Under 18 years of age and providing commercial sex acts

Key questions to ask:

-What type of work do you do?

-Are you being paid?

-Can you leave your job if you want to?

-Can you come and go as you please?

-Have you or your family been threatened?

-What are your working and living conditions like?

-Where do you sleep and eat?

-Do you have to ask permission to eat/sleep/go to the bathroom?

-Has your identification or documentation been taken from you?

Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 1-888-3737-888, if you think you have encountered a victim of trafficking

(modified from Rescue & Restore)