Fighting Against Human Trafficking
Type “Human Trafficking” into a search bar, and you will receive contact information for help for individuals trafficked in the United States. The phone number is set up, operated, and funded through humantraffickinghotline.org, a division of the Polaris Project. The Weiner Family Foundation has given yearly support to this 24/7 phone line due to the importance of this cause to every member of the Weiner Family. Local organizations that contribute to eradicating human trafficking may apply for funding. Apply for a grant, or
contact us today.
Contact Polaris Today
Connect with Polaris by phone (1-888-373-7888), text (233733), email, web chat, or web form. www.humantraffickinghotline.org.
The Trafficking Hotline is operated but not owned by Polaris. We are primarily funded through the Department of Health and Human Services and secure supplemental funding and resources to support Trafficking Hotline operations.)
Taking Action to Stop Human Trafficking
“The fact is human trafficking is happening right here, right now, in the United States, probably in any city where anybody lives. Just because you don’t know anything about it doesn’t mean it’s not happening.”
– Vicki Zito
Mother of Survivor
The Terrible Truth of Trafficking in the United States
Human Trafficking is a criminal business that profits from enslaving people for sexual servitude and forced labor. It is the fastest-growing and second-largest criminal industry in the world today (second only to drug trafficking and tied to illegal arms), according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Statistics & Resources:
Shared Hope's site now says the common age for children entering sex trafficking is 14-16.
HHS's current fact sheet (2017) says more expansively that "Traffickers disproportionately target at-risk populations including individuals who have experienced or been exposed to other forms of violence (child abuse and maltreatment, interpersonal violence, and sexual assault, community and gang violence) and individuals disconnected from stable support networks (runaway and homeless youth, unaccompanied minors, persons displaced during natural disasters)." (See also
OTIP blog from 2022.) The
DOJ's website confirms that victims can be U.S. or foreign citizens.
- Global Estimates of Modern Slavery (2022)
- 27.6 million people in forced labor (including sex and labor trafficking) around the world
- 6.3 million people are in situations of forced commercial sexual exploitation, with nearly four out of every five being girls or women
- Trafficking in Persons Report (2022)
- Hotline data report (2021)
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info@theweinerfamilyfoundation.org.
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