This is a service project of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) in Tallahassee. Our goal is to provide resource information to human trafficking victims about where they can get help.

Human trafficking is a crime that occurs all around us. Anyone can be a victim –
men, women, and children, from any ethnic or racial group, from any socioeconomic status.

Victims labor in multiple sectors of society, including: agriculture, landscaping, restaurants, the hospitality industry, construction, domestic service, low-wage and unregulated businesses, and in the commercial sex industry (prostitution, strip clubs, and pornography). Traffickers often transport victims from one city or state to another.

Signs of Trafficking: victims may

• appear destitute and malnourished
• lack identification documents
• avoid social interaction and authority figures
• show signs of abuse and control
• have scripted conversations
• check in to hotels/motels sometimes with older males

Traffickers use a variety of tactics to control victims, such as physical and emotional coercion, isolation, and threats. Many victims often do not realize that they are victims of a crime. They don’t know that there is help or how to get it.