Reality: Human trafficking is modern day slavery that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel someone to provide labor, services, or commercial sex. #EndTrafficking
Reality: Labor trafficking happens in the U.S. and in other developed countries, but it is reported at lower rates than sex trafficking. #EndTrafficking
Reality: One study estimates that as many as half of sex trafficking victims and survivors are male. LGBTQ boys and young men are seen as particularly vulnerable. #EndTrafficking
Reality: Some victims are strangers to their traffickers, but many survivors are trafficked by family members, partners or spouses, and even their own parents or guardians. #EndTrafficking
Reality: Most traffickers use psychological means, such as tricking, defrauding, manipulating, or threatening victims into providing commercial sex or exploitative labor. #EndTrafficking