Trafficking AWareness and Prevention
Our Multi-Lingual Advocates Offer Free, Confidential Services to Survivors in Plymouth County:
24 Hour Crisis Line - Call us at (508) 583-6498
Assistance with Shelter and Safe Placement
Case Management and Referrals
Individual Support
Labor Trafficking
Labor trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to work or provide service. Common types include agriculture, domestic work, restaurants, cleaning services, and carnivals.
Sex TRafficking
Sex trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to sell sex. Common types include escort services, pornography, illicit massage businesses, brothels, and outdoor solicitation.
Myth: Human Trafficking is a violent crime
Fact: Most traffickers use psychological means such as, tricking, defrauding, manipulating or threatening victims into providing commercial sex or exploitative labor.
Myth: Only women and girls can be a victim of trafficking
Fact: Men and boys are also victimized by sex traffickers. LGBTQ boys and young men are seen as particularly vulnerable to trafficking.
Myth: Human trafficking only happens in illegal industries
Fact: Human trafficking cases have been reported and found in industries including restaurants, cleaning services, construction, factories and more.
Myth: Human Trafficking involves moving, traveling, or transporting a person against state or national borders
Fact: Human trafficking does not require any movement whatsoever. Survivors can be recruited and trafficked in their own hometowns, even their own homes.
Are You Experiencing Human Trafficking and Need Assistance?
Complete referral form and contact Sara Keough, Director of Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Services
Call (508) 584-2809
Unfortunately, we cannot provide services to individuals under the age of 18
Additional Resources
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call - (888)-373-7888
Text - 233733
MA Fair Labor Hotline
(617) 727-3465