Human Trafficking: Uncovering the Myths

To be considered human trafficking, the victim must be moved across state or national borders.

All human trafficking involves some type of commercial sex.

There is no one type of trafficker. Perpetrators span all races, genders and ethnicities.

A real trafficking victim will seek out help in an open, public setting. If you're not physically restrained, you're not being trafficked.

Human trafficking is not always a stranger-on-stranger crime. Traffickers can be family members, romantic partners and other acquaintances.

While some traffickers utilize their wealth and power as means of control, other traffickers share the same socio-economic status as their victims.

The products of labor trafficking don't reach the supply chain in the United States, especially with large corporations.

It is notoriously difficult to obtain accurate numbers with regard to human trafficking. Any statistics or counts you see online should be considered with caution.

Victims of human trafficking are always foreign nationals, not citizens of the U.S.

Human trafficking is second only to drug trafficking as the largest world wide criminal industry.