Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. As defined under U.S. federal law, victims of human trafficking include children involved in the sex trade, adults age 18 or over who are coerced or deceived into commercial sex acts, and anyone forced into different forms of "labor or services," such as domestic workers held in a home, or farm-workers forced to labor against their will. The factors that each of these situations have in common are elements of force, fraud, or coercion that are used to control people.  Then, that control is tied to inducing someone into commercial sex acts, or labor or services.  Numerous people in the field have summed up the concept of human trafficking as "compelled service."  Every year, human traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits by victimizing millions of people around the world, and here in the United States.  Human trafficking is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world.  Click here to access human trafficking resource packs.
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On Line Learning

The following trainings are interactive. Click on the image above to start. To begin the training and listen to the voiceover, click Play. You may also click Pause to click through the slides and navigate the session at your own pace. The voiceover text will appear in the Notes tab on the right. .

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PRE-RECORDED WEBINARS

Click on the image above for links to select pre-recorded webinars originally hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services Anti-Human Trafficking in Persons Division from 2007 to the present. 

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Resources in Florida

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND REFERRALS

In addition to the organizations listed below, please call the hotline (1-888-3737-888) for specialized victim services referrals.