Want to Learn More about Trafficking?

Human trafficking, including sex trafficking, is recently gaining greater public recognition and media attention. If you’re looking for resources to learn more about trafficking, we’ve pulled together some of the sites we’d recommend for credible, useful information.

Here’s our list:

• Human Trafficking FAQs from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• Human Trafficking resources from the Polaris Project
• Human Trafficking information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Human Trafficking information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Learn about Human Trafficking from the Blue Campaign
• Human Trafficking Indicators from the Blue Campaign
• Understanding the Victim-Centered Approach, from the Blue Campaign
• List of Resources from NC Stop Human Trafficking
• Slavery Still Exists: A guide for community members from Free the Slaves
• Frequently Asked Questions about Slavery from the Not For Sale Campaign
• Human Trafficking Resources from the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

This list is just an introduction to the many resources available for learning about trafficking and ways to help. For even more ideas of ways you can get involved in anti-human trafficking efforts, the U.S. Department of State offers a great list of 20 ways you can get involved.

Also, be sure to check if your own state or community has coalitions or organizations working to address trafficking in your area. Three listings of these organizations can be found through Humantrafficking.org, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, and Wikipedia.