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Recognizing Human Trafficking Quiz
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You attended a training where you learned the signs of an illicit massage business that may also be a trafficking venue. You should:
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Do online research to identify potential illicit massage businesses in your town then call the police.
Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline every time you spot the signs.
None of these things.
Drive by the suspected illicit massage businesses to double-check, then call the police.
You buy, renovate and resell houses. You check in on one and find men living in the unfinished house, without running water. They tell you they work for a subcontractor and he tells them if they complain they will be deported. You should:
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Share the National Human Trafficking Hotline’s contact information and talk to the workers about reporting their situation to get help.
Call the police immediately, this is clearly labor trafficking.
Do nothing. You don’t mind having people watching the property overnight.
You spot a young woman in a restaurant who is inappropriately dressed and looks very unhappy. She is with a much older man in a suit who looks angry and is grabbing at her arm. You are seeing:
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An obvious sex trafficking situation. Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
A typical teenager out to dinner with her father – who won’t let her take the car.
A bad date.
You have no idea.
Your daughter’s friend Elisa is a frequent runaway and was recently found at a home with several adults who were not her legal guardians. Your daughter tells you that Elisa has been showing off fancy new clothes and jewelry and there are rumors around school about how she got them. You should:
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Confront the adults at the house where she was found.
Contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline for information about ways you may be able to help Elisa.
Wait and see if anything else happens.
A Facebook friend shares a post about famous actors or politicians who are part of complicated sex trafficking schemes involving the use of codes or a strange series of coincidences. You should:
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Immediately share this page and repost it on your network. Who knows? It could be true.
Immediately report it to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Better safe than sorry.
Consider whether you actually know anything about this story personally, beyond what you have read online. If not, don’t share.
You offer a worker who is cleaning your house some water. The worker tells you she isn’t allowed to take water breaks, bathroom breaks – or any breaks, all day. You should:
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Call the police and report the cleaning service.
Do nothing.
Share the National Human Trafficking Hotline number with the worker and talk to the worker about reporting her situation.
You see a white unmarked van in a parking lot with a man sitting in the driver's seat. You should:
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Call the police and report what you see.
Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline and report what you see.
Do nothing.
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