National Human Trafficking Hotline

“Federal law defines trafficking in persons as “sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age”; or “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

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— Source: 22 U.S.C Section 7102e

Posters

The Department of Justice encourages the display of  hotline posters in areas where victims of trafficking might be present.  DOJ strongly encourages public agency executives and business owners of the following entities to download and display the posters:

 

  • Gas stations with signs visible from an interstate or state highway that offer amenities to commercial vehicles

  • Hotels

  • Adult entertainment establishments

  • Nail and hair salons

  • Places at which employers engage some employees to perform agricultural labor

  • Hospitals and other medical centers

  • Places at which athletic or sporting events occur

  • Establishments that operate as a massage parlor or spa, alternative health clinic, or similar entity

  • Expositions conducted by a county or agricultural society

  • Courthouses

  • Rest areas maintained by the department of transportation

  • Public and private transit stations

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