National Human Trafficking Hotline
This national, toll free hotline operates on a 24/7 basis. If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, contact the hotline by phone at 888-373-7888, text at 233733, or live chat.
Labor trafficking
National Victim Assistance Academy Resource Paper: Human Trafficking
Date Published
September 2012
Series
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC
Looking for a Hidden Population: Trafficking of Migrant Laborers in San Diego County
Date Published
November 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Finding Victims of Human Trafficking
Date Published
September 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking and the Implications for Victims: Current Practices and Lessons Learned
Date Published
October 2006
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices
Date Published
June 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking, Final Report
Date Published
February 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
OVC FY 12 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
Closing Date
OVC FY 11 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
Closing Date
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Human Trafficking
The Department of Homeland Security is committed to combating the global crime of human trafficking. Through public outreach, victim protection, and law enforcement training, the Department works diligently to prevent human trafficking before it occurs, to protect victims when it has occurred, and to minimize reoccurrence by conducting investigations to bring traffickers to justice.
Freedom Network USA
The Freedom Network develops local and national networks in the U.S. and links to international networks to carry out its mission of empowering trafficked and enslaved persons. Mission objectives include raising public awareness and advocating for victims of human trafficking at all levels (local or international).
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund provides litigation, legal advocacy, and community education on behalf of victims of anti-Asian violence and services for women and youth survivors of human trafficking.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Victims of Human Trafficking and Other Crimes
This U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services page provides information about immigration relief and referrals for victims of human trafficking and other crimes.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides resources on crime prevention, criminal justice, and law reform. It also focuses attention on combating transnational organized crime and human trafficking.
U.S. Department of State: Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (OTIP) in Persons
OTIP partners with foreign governments, international organizations, other federal agencies, civil society, the private sector, and survivors of human trafficking to develop and implement effective strategies to confront human trafficking. OTIP also produces the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which discusses the actions that countries, including the U.S., have taken to combat trafficking in persons in that year.
Legislationline
Legislationline is an online resource, information, and documentation center dealing with the rule of law and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The service, provided by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation, contains information on such topics as violence against women and human trafficking.
International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO is a specialized United Nations agency that works to mandate minimum standards of basic labor rights. The ILO operates the "Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labor," which spearheads ILO activities on forced labor and trafficking.
Polaris Project
Polaris Project's comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking includes conducting direct outreach and victim identification, providing social services and transitional housing to victims, operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline, advocating for state and Federal anti-trafficking legislation, and engaging community members in local and national grassroots efforts.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
ORR helps refugees and other special populations (such as adult victims of severe forms of trafficking) obtain economic and social self-sufficiency in the United States. ORR is responsible for certifying adult victims of human trafficking so that they may receive federally funded benefits and services to the same extent as refugees.