HT Key Indicators

Key Indicators

Labor Trafficking

Labor & Sex Trafficking

Sex Trafficking

• Owes a large debt
• Is not in control of their own money, no financial records, or bank account

• Running away/truancy
• Older boyfriend
• Use of slang
• Extreme attire
• New to the area/travel often
• Branding
• Untreated STDs

• Is not free to leave or come and go as they wish
• Lack of knowledge about whereabouts
• Lives and works in the same location
• Works excessively long and/or unusual hours
• Someone else does all the talking on their behalf
• Was recruited though false promises concerning the nature and/or conditions of their work
• Shows signs of physical and/or sexual abuse, physical restraint, confinement or torture
• Is unpaid, paid very little, or paid only through tips
• Has few or no personal possessions
• Hypervigilance