Frequently Asked Questions About Human Trafficking

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What is human trafficking?

• The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017) defines human trafficking as "the recruitment, transport, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud or deception for the purpose of exploitation"

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Human Trafficking Resources

• National Human Trafficking Hotline

• Polaris Project

• Department of Health & Human Services

• Department of Homeland Security

• Shared Hope International

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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