SW Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force

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Approx. 20,000 people are trafficked in the United States each year (according to Polaris Project), and many of them are children. There are two main types of human trafficking: s*x trafficking and labor trafficking. S*x Trafficking occurs when a commercial s*x act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained the age of 18 years. Labor trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services and includes agricultural, industrial, and domestic servitude work. If you believe you are a victim of human trafficking or may have information about a potential trafficking situation, please contact the human trafficking hotline at 1-888-3737-888, or text "BeFree" to 233733