Real Stories From The Field
Breaking: Teen Girl Intercepted from Fake Modeling Job on Facebook
Last month, many of you rallied together to give during our Every Minute in May campaign to protect vulnerable people from human trafficking. Thank you! Every minute, someone around the...
A Stranger in Her Inbox: How One Message Nearly Changed Everything
Based on a true story. Fifteen-year-old Sita* stood at the edge of the funeral crowd, gazing through plumes of incense to the two still forms on bamboo stretchers, wrapped in white and...
The Road to Greener Fields: Bekele’s Story
Based on a true story. The rain, which had always been dependable in its season, stopped coming the year Bekele* turned 18. The ground dried up, leaving gaping cracks, and the crops began...
Breaking: 15-Year-Old Girl Held for Two Days Against Her Will
Behind every intercept is a person—someone’s child, friend, or sibling—just one decision away from exploitation. These five real stories come straight from the field, where our teams work...
Golden Promises: An 11-Year-Old’s Escape from a Trafficker’s Lie
In a bustling transit station, amid the chaos of rumbling engines, voices calling to one another, and clouds of dust stirred by tossed bags being loaded and unloaded—a nervous-looking child...
Breaking: Six Ugandan Teens Intercepted at Border to Prevent Trafficking
The following stories are real, recent testaments to the power of working together to stop human trafficking. Your giving combined with our transit monitoring strategy and dedicated...
Breaking: 14 Young Men Intercepted Before Falling into Labor Trafficking
Our teams around the world are on the front lines of the fight against human trafficking, working tirelessly to stop exploitation before it happens. We love sharing their incredible...
Resilience in the Face of Difficulty: Meet These Family Homes Women
This morning when you woke up (if you live in the Americas), two young women in their twenties on the other side of the world in South Asia were most likely studying hard for their classes,...
Lost on a Train: One Boy’s Fight for Freedom from Trafficking
Based on a true story The first thing 12-year-old Najmul* became aware of before he opened his eyes was the gentle jostling of being in motion and unfamiliar sounds. He felt groggy and his...
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How Do Traffickers Recruit Their Victims?
“Why did you trust him?” Her face is calm and steady on the other end of the WhatsApp video chat, but I can imagine her disappointment after the effort she’d put in to confirm that this...
The Truth About Human Trafficking During the Super Bowl
Maybe you’ve heard the claim—that the Super Bowl is one of the biggest events for human trafficking in the U.S., with thousands of girls and women sex trafficked into the host city to meet...
How Do I Know If I'm Being Trafficked?
Trafficking usually involves deep deception and manipulation, sometimes so deep that a person does not know they are being trafficked even as it is happening to them. Our transit monitors...