Human Trafficking


ABOUT US HUMAN TRAFFICKING FAMILY VIOLENCE WHAT WE DO WHAT YOU CAN DO NEWS EVENTS PHOTO GALLERY	HUMAN TRAFFICKING What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, or procurement of a person for labor or services for the purpose of involuntary servitude, slavery, or forced commercial sex acts. It is a form of modern day slavery. Human Trafficking includes all aspects of forcing an individual to perform labor or other services. Traffickers use debt bondage, psychological manipulation, threats, and physical violence to control victims. This labor can include sexual services, domestic labor, agriculture or field labor, and factory work. U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 persons are brought into the United States each year for labor or sexual exploitation. Due to its economic stability, cultural diversity, major interstates and airports, large number of sexually oriented businesses, and international border, Texas has become a hub for human trafficking. Texas is not only home to major human trafficking corridors, but many individual trafficking victims are brought to the state and forced to work against their will. If you or someone you know is: •not getting paid for their labor •not free to change employers •being controlled by someone else •being forced to do something they don't want to do •has been cheated into payment of debt upon arrival You, he, or she may be a victim of human trafficking and eligible for free assistance. Please call our anonymous hotline for more information. 24 Hour Trafficking Hotline: 214-823-1911 Mosaic's Services for Victims of Trafficking Mosaic provides a spectrum of culturally competent services to identify and assist victims of human trafficking. Services include case management, shelter, counseling, and legal services. Since the founding of the program in 2001,Mosaic has served over 300 survivors of human trafficking . Mosaic also provides education, trainings, and multilingual informational materials to the immigrant communities at risk for trafficking as well as to law enforcement, other service providers, and community groups to increase awareness and understanding of this often invisible human rights abuse. In order to improve and coordinate the response to trafficking across the region and nation, Mosaic participates in groups and coalitions that have been formed to combat trafficking and serve victims. Mosaic is a founding member of the North Texas Anti-Trafficking Task Force, a multidisciplinary team including federal and local law enforcement and social service providers. Mosaic is also a member of the Freedom Network, a nationwide coalition of agencies that provide services for trafficking survivors in the United States. Services for Victims of Trafficking Program brochures available in: English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Bosnian For more information on Services for Victims of Trafficking at Mosaic Family Services contact the Program Director Human Trafficking Links U.S. Dept. of State Human Trafficking Information The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Freedom Network USA

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING

What is Human Trafficking?

Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, or procurement of a person for labor or services for the purpose of involuntary servitude, slavery, or forced commercial sex acts. It is a form of modern day slavery. Human Trafficking includes all aspects of forcing an individual to perform labor or other services. Traffickers use debt bondage, psychological manipulation, threats, and physical violence to control victims. This labor can include sexual services, domestic labor, agriculture or field labor, and factory work. U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 persons are brought into the United States each year for labor or sexual exploitation. Due to its economic stability, cultural diversity, major interstates and airports, large number of sexually oriented businesses, and international border, Texas has become a hub for human trafficking. Texas is not only home to major human trafficking corridors, but many individual trafficking victims are brought to the state and forced to work against their will.

If you or someone you know is:

•not getting paid for their labor
•not free to change employers
•being controlled by someone else
•being forced to do something they don't want to do
•has been cheated into payment of debt upon arrival

You, he, or she may be a victim of human trafficking and eligible for free assistance.
Please call our anonymous hotline for more information.

24 Hour Trafficking Hotline: 214-823-1911

Mosaic's Services for Victims of Trafficking

Mosaic provides a spectrum of culturally competent services to identify and assist victims of human trafficking. Services include case management, shelter, counseling, and legal services. Since the founding of the program in 2001,Mosaic has served over 300 survivors of human trafficking .

Mosaic also provides education, trainings, and multilingual informational materials to the immigrant communities at risk for trafficking as well as to law enforcement, other service providers, and community groups to increase awareness and understanding of this often invisible human rights abuse.

In order to improve and coordinate the response to trafficking across the region and nation, Mosaic participates in groups and coalitions that have been formed to combat trafficking and serve victims. Mosaic is a founding member of the North Texas Anti-Trafficking Task Force, a multidisciplinary team including federal and local law enforcement and social service providers. Mosaic is also a member of the Freedom Network, a nationwide coalition of agencies that provide services for trafficking survivors in the United States.

Services for Victims of Trafficking Program brochures available in:
English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Bosnian

For more information on Services for Victims of Trafficking at Mosaic Family Services contact the Program Director

Human Trafficking Links

U.S. Dept. of State Human Trafficking Information

The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking

Freedom Network USA

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فارسی (Farsi)  • ગુજરાતી (Gujarati)   • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi) •  Hrvatski (Croatian)  •  Italiano  •  Karen
Gĩkũyũ (Kikuyu) •  Kinyarwanda   •  Kirundi   •  한국어 (Korean)  •   کوردی (Kurdish)  •  Laotian
官話/官话 (Mandarin)  •  नेपाली (Nepali)  •  русский язык (Russian)  •  српски (Serbian)  •  Somali  •  Swahili
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ABOUT US HUMAN TRAFFICKING FAMILY VIOLENCE WHAT WE DO WHAT YOU CAN DO NEWS EVENTS PHOTO GALLERY	HUMAN TRAFFICKING What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, or procurement of a person for labor or services for the purpose of involuntary servitude, slavery, or forced commercial sex acts. It is a form of modern day slavery. Human Trafficking includes all aspects of forcing an individual to perform labor or other services. Traffickers use debt bondage, psychological manipulation, threats, and physical violence to control victims. This labor can include sexual services, domestic labor, agriculture or field labor, and factory work. U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 persons are brought into the United States each year for labor or sexual exploitation. Due to its economic stability, cultural diversity, major interstates and airports, large number of sexually oriented businesses, and international border, Texas has become a hub for human trafficking. Texas is not only home to major human trafficking corridors, but many individual trafficking victims are brought to the state and forced to work against their will. If you or someone you know is: •not getting paid for their labor •not free to change employers •being controlled by someone else •being forced to do something they don't want to do •has been cheated into payment of debt upon arrival You, he, or she may be a victim of human trafficking and eligible for free assistance. Please call our anonymous hotline for more information. 24 Hour Trafficking Hotline: 214-823-1911 Mosaic's Services for Victims of Trafficking Mosaic provides a spectrum of culturally competent services to identify and assist victims of human trafficking. Services include case management, shelter, counseling, and legal services. Since the founding of the program in 2001,Mosaic has served over 300 survivors of human trafficking . Mosaic also provides education, trainings, and multilingual informational materials to the immigrant communities at risk for trafficking as well as to law enforcement, other service providers, and community groups to increase awareness and understanding of this often invisible human rights abuse. In order to improve and coordinate the response to trafficking across the region and nation, Mosaic participates in groups and coalitions that have been formed to combat trafficking and serve victims. Mosaic is a founding member of the North Texas Anti-Trafficking Task Force, a multidisciplinary team including federal and local law enforcement and social service providers. Mosaic is also a member of the Freedom Network, a nationwide coalition of agencies that provide services for trafficking survivors in the United States. Services for Victims of Trafficking Program brochures available in: English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Bosnian For more information on Services for Victims of Trafficking at Mosaic Family Services contact the Program Director Human Trafficking Links U.S. Dept. of State Human Trafficking Information The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Freedom Network USA

አማርኛ (Amharic) • العربية (Arabic) • Bosanski • Burmese • Chin • Deutsch • Español • Français فارسی (Farsi) • ગુજરાતી (Gujarati) • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi) • Hrvatski (Croatian) • Italiano • Karen Gĩkũyũ (Kikuyu) • Kinyarwanda • Kirundi • 한국어 (Korean) • کوردی (Kurdish) • Laotian 官話/官话 (Mandarin) • नेपाली (Nepali) • русский язык (Russian) • српски (Serbian) • Somali • Swahili ภาษาไทย (Thai) • اردو (Urdu) • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

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