The Montana Department of Justice has created this human trafficking poster to ask individuals to help report human trafficking. The poster provides contact information for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. According to the United States Department of Homeland Security, “Human Trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.” A commercial sex act is the giving or receiving of anything of value to a person in exchange for a sex act.
Under Montana law (Mont. Code Ann. § 60-2-244), the Department of Transportation must display this poster at each rest area within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways and other state highways. Businesses may also post voluntarily to help support the effort to stop human trafficking.
Posting Requirements
The Montana Human Trafficking Poster must be at least 8.5″ x 11″ in size. The poster must be in English, Spanish, and any other language that is required for voting materials under the federal Voting Rights Act. (Mont. Code Ann. § 44-4-1501)