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Bookmark or Share- Human Trafficking - Polaris - Polaris ProjectHuman trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit. In some cases, traffickers trick, defraud or physically force victims into selling sex. In others, victims are lied to, assaulted, threatened or manipulated into working under inhumane, illegal or otherwise unacceptable conditions.
- Home - PolarisFounded in 2002, Polaris is named for the North Star, which people held in slavery in the United States used as a guide to navigate their way to freedom. Today we are filling in the roadmap for that journey and lighting the path ahead. Serving victims and survivors through the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
- Myths, Facts, and Statistics - Polaris - Polaris ProjectAll human trafficking involves sex. Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion to get another person to provide labor or commercial sex. Worldwide, experts believe there are more situations of labor trafficking than of sex trafficking, but there is much wider awareness of sex trafficking in the U.S. than of labor trafficking.
- About Us - Polaris - Polaris ProjectMission and Vision. Named after the North Star, an historical symbol of freedom, Polaris is leading a survivor-centered, justice- and equity-driven movement to end human trafficking. Since 2007, Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors to support and services, and helping communities ...
- Our Work - Polaris - Polaris ProjectOur Work. At Polaris, we respond to human trafficking as it happens and are building a more survivor-centered and equity-driven anti-trafficking movement. We work with survivor-led organizations, support-providers, state and federal policymakers, big businesses, and law enforcement to drive change where it is most impactful: the systems that ...
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