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Polaris works to reshape the systems that allow for sex and labor trafficking in North America and operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Human trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit. In some cases, traffickers trick, defraud or physically force victims into selling sex. In others, victims are lied to, assaulted, threatened or manipulated into working under inhumane, illegal or otherwise unacceptable conditions.
Every year, Polaris publishes data based on calls, text messages, webforms, emails, and webchats with the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline. This data, while limited and self-selecting, offers important insights into patterns of sex and labor trafficking in North America. VIEW STATISTICS.
Human trafficking can happen to anyone but some people are more vulnerable than others. Significant risk factors include recent migration or relocation, substance use, mental health concerns, involvement with the child welfare system and being a runaway or homeless youth.
Using data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, we’re dispelling myths, countering misinformation, and sharing the realities of human trafficking. At Polaris, we respond to human trafficking as it happens and are building a more survivor-centered and equity-driven anti-trafficking movement.
Polaris offers an interactive, online training program which includes six short modules, survivor stories and quizzes designed to deepen your understanding of human trafficking. Learn what it is, how it happens, and how you can be part of the solution.
Defining Human Trafficking. U.S. law defines human trafficking as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor against their will. The Action-Means-Purpose (AMP) Model can be helpful in understanding the federal law.
Since 2007, Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors to support and services, and helping communities hold traffickers accountable. Through that work, Polaris has built the largest known dataset on human trafficking in North America.
From 2018-2020, Polaris identified some 15,886 victims of labor trafficking who held temporary visas at the time of their abuse. This report highlights the destructive practice of labor trafficking on temporary work visas, how the system is flawed, and the steps we need to take to fix it.
The Trafficking Hotline has handled 82,301 situations of human trafficking since Polaris began operating it in 2007. Those situations comprise the largest known data set on human trafficking in the United States. With these tools, we can better respond to and prevent human trafficking.