Read this Dallas Morning News article about human trafficking happening right here in North Texas.

 
24 Hour Trafficking Hotline: 214-823-1911

If you or someone you know is:
•not getting paid
•being controlled by someone else
•being forced to do something they don't want to do
You or he/she may be eligible for free assistance.

Please call this anonymous hotline.  Social support services, possibly including legal services, may be available.

Did you know that:

• Approximately 800,000 to 900,000 victims annually are trafficked world wide.

• Between 14,500 and 17,500 of those victims are trafficked into the United States.

• After drug dealing, trafficking of humans is the second largest criminal industry in the world.  

• Mosaic Family Services has helped over 150 victims of trafficking in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

What is trafficking?

Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. It includes all aspects of forcing an individual to perform labor or other services. Traffickers use debt bondage, threats and physical violence to recruit, transport or harbor individuals, who are then forced to unlawfully and/or unwillingly perform labor. This labor can include sexual services, domestic labor, agriculture or field labor, mail order brides and factory work. In 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act was established to protect victims of trafficking. Because trafficking is illegal, victims of trafficking can seek support from law enforcement and social service providers. Special provisions of these laws can help immigrant victims of trafficking to remain in the U.S.

The goals of the Services for Victims of Trafficking Program at Mosaic Family Services include: educating immigrants and mainstream communities about issues relating to trafficking and immigrant needs and; providing culturally and linguistically competent services to victims experiencing abuse, so that they may recover from a criminal act, aid in the criminal justice process, and work towards economic self-sufficiency.

For more information on Services for Victims of Trafficking or the Multicultural Family Violence Program at Mosaic Family Services contact  [ Program Director ]
Services for Victims of Trafficking Program brochures available in:
English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Bosnian

Links to resources for information on human trafficking:

The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
 
U.S. Office on Violence Against Women

Free the Slaves

U.S. Office for Victims of Crime Trafficking Page

U.S. Dept. of State Human Trafficking Information