Human Trafficking

Federal Human Trafficking Hotline Sign - Bilingual

Human trafficking, a modern form of slavery, exploits millions globally by preying on vulnerability. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 defines human trafficking as: Sex trafficking: The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for commercial sex induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or involving a minor. (22 U.S.C. § Read more

Louisiana hotels have become the most recent focus of the state’s effort to stop human trafficking. A new law that went into effect earlier this month requires all hotels to post a notice in the workplace to provide information to workers regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline. The law defines “hotels” to Read more