The Numbers Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud A young person ages out of foster care with a trash bag of belongings, a bus pass, and a case worker who has already moved on to the next file. Within two years, a significant share of trafficking survivors identified by advocates and law enforcement report a … Read more
When most people hear the words human trafficking, a specific picture comes to mind. They picture a stranger in a van, a teenager grabbed off the street in broad daylight, or a country far away where this kind of thing happens, but not here. That picture comes from movies, true crime shows, and news segments … Read more
It Almost Never Starts With Force Most people picture human trafficking as something sudden and violent. A van. A stranger. A scene that looks like a crime movie. That image is not only inaccurate for the majority of cases, it is also dangerous, because it keeps people looking in the wrong direction. Real trafficking often … Read more
The Internet Is Where Life Happens Now — and Where Harm Can Too The internet is not a separate place teens visit and then leave. It is woven into the daily fabric of their lives, the place where friendships develop, music gets discovered, ideas get tested, and a significant portion of their social identity gets … Read more
