Free to use Black Awareness Text | Tara Winstead
Free to use Black Awareness Text | Tara Winstead
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month and January 11th is designated as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
The Gloucester Township Police Department and the Gloucester Township PD Family Resource Center want to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking. Sadly it exists in many communities around the country and even in our own backyard. Knowing what it is and acknowledging that it does exist is the first step into putting a stop to it.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, human trafficking is “modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.” Human trafficking is not the same as human smuggling, which involves illegal transportation of a person across a border.
Victims of human trafficking are of all genders, ages, races, countries, socioeconomic statuses, and so on. While human trafficking can happen to anyone, people who are already in vulnerable situations – such as people experiencing homelessness – may be more likely to be targeted.
For more resources on Human Trafficking, visit this website: https://www.state.gov/national-human-trafficking.../
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