Human trafficking  is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the exploitation of others. Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel someone to provide labor or services such as sexual acts, cleaning or farming that generate a monetary value (cash, debt forgiveness, shelter, etc.) for the trafficker. However, if the victim is a minor force, fraud or coercion is not required for the act to be considered human trafficking. Transportation from one place to another also is not required for human trafficking to occur. 
VENUES FOR SEX TRAFFICKING
• Streets
• Hotels and motels
• Truck stops
• Online escort services on websites (such as www.backpage.com and www.craigslist.com)
• Brothels
• Massage parlors
​ • Migrant camps
POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
Parents, legal guardians and other family members • Boyfriends/husbands • Pimps and other acquaintances • Men and women (yes, women!) • Smugglers (trafficking can begin as a smuggling agreement and then turn into trafficking) • Drug dealers • Gang members • Employers and agencies such as job placement, adoption and modeling agencies, etc.
VENUES FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING
• Domestic work at a private residence, motel/hotel, diplomatic residences • Agricultural industry—farms, packing plants, etc. • Drilling sites • Factory work • Restaurants • Nail salons

PHYSICAL INDICATORS
• Tattoos, brands or scarring indicating ownership • Injuries from beatings or weapons • Signs of malnourishment • Signs of torture (e.g., cigarette burns) • Fear, anger, sadness, grief, humor or no emotion 

SOCIAL INDICATORS

• Youth involved in street begging
• Prostitution involving a child
• Adult prostitution that involves a third party (pimp)
• Parent or older sibling involved in prostitution
• Chronic runaways
• Youth lives on the street or with adults who have “taken them in”
• Truancy from school or not attending or enrolling in school
• A child who is with someone who is purchasing or intends to purchase drugs
• Trafficker maintains control though constant cell phone communications
• Not allowed to freely contact friends and family
• Lives with other children and adults being commercially sexually exploited
• Have children they are denied access to by traffickers/pimps
• Isolated from the community
• Women or girls driven to migrant camps on payday
• Massage parlors where woman live on premises
• Debt bondage (must work for a trafficker to pay off debt)

How to help.

* Contact the Pennsylvania State Police Human Trafficking Tipline at 888-292-1919 or tips@pa.gov
* Download and use the See Something Send Something app (See Send) on iOS or Android
 * Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center 1-888-373-7888
* Text "Help" to 233733 (BeFree)
* Contact local police
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To report suspected human trafficking to Federal law enforcement:
1-866-347-2423

ONLINE RESOURCES
www.dhs.gov/bluecampaign
www.facebook.com/blue-campaign
https://polarisproject.org
www.traffickingresourcecenter.org

Are you a victim of

human trafficking?

You are not alone.  Help is available from trained professionals 24 hours a day throughout Northeastern PA and across the country.   See below for contact info.  

NEPA County Hotlines


24 Hour Hotlines to Access for Support for Victims of Human Trafficking in NEPA

Berks County:
Safe Berks 
844-789-SAFE
Bradford County:
Abuse and Rape Crisis Center
570-265-5333
Carbon County:
Victims Resource Center
610-379-0151
Domestic Violence Service Center
570-823-7312
or 1-800-424-5600
Lackawanna County:
Women’s Resource Center
570-346-4671
Lehigh County:
Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley
610-437-6611
Turning Point of Lehigh Valley
610-437-3369
Luzerne County:
Victims Resource Center
570-823-0765
Domestic Violence Service Center
570-823-7312
or 1-800-424-5600
Monroe County
Women’s Resources of Monroe County, Inc.
570-421-4200
Northampton County:
Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley
610-437-6611
Pike County:
Victim Intervention Program
570-253-4401
or 1-800-698-4VIP (4847)
Schuylkill County:
Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center  
570-628-2965
Schuylkill Women in Crisis
570-622-6220
Susquehanna County:
Women’s Resource Center 
570-278-1800 or 1-800-257-5765
Wayne County:
Victim Intervention Program
570-253-4401
or 1-800-698-4VIP (4847)
Wyoming County:
Victims Resource Center
570-836-5544

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