Identifying victims Identifying victims of human trafficking
The questions given below may be used as a guide to help assess whether you or someone you know may be a trafficking victim.
- Are you being paid for your work?
- Have your documents or identification been taken away?
- Are you free to leave your job if you want to?
- Do you have to ask permission to eat/ sleep or talk to whomever you wish?
- Do you feel like a prisoner?
- Are you forced to do things you don’t want to do?
- Are you punished for complaining about your living or working conditions?
- Are you afraid of the people you work for or live with?
- Have you, your family or your friends been threatened?
- Are you being forced to work to pay off a debt?
- Are you hit, beaten, raped, insulted, or threatened with deportation?
If you are being exploited in any way, there is help available to you.
Please call 404-299-0895 or 1-800-317– FREE (3733).