Human Trafficking

Human trafficking — or modern-day slavery — is the exploitation of human beings through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labor. There are an estimated 40 million victims of human trafficking globally, including thousands of school-age children in the United States and Canada. While all children are vulnerable to the manipulative and forceful methods traffickers use, children in foster care, the homeless, LGBTQ, or those who come from abusive homes are particularly susceptible.