Human service providers come across trafficking victims among their clients. Trafficking victims appear in human service agency settings without ever openly identifying themselves as trafficking victims. Therefore procedures or guidelines to support service providers in identifying sex-trafficking victims among their clients will go a great length in prevention or early identification of sex trafficking victims.

Find attached a summary of a literature review by University of North Carolina faculty on identifying domestic and international sex trafficking victims during human service provision.

Download a pdf of the scrolling powerpoint presentation created for FREEDOM, HERE & NOW, a symposium about ending modern day slavery co-hosted by the University of Minnesota Center for Integrative Leadership and the Women's Foundation of Minnesota. The slide deck associated with this resource provides ideas for actions you, companies, and colleges can take to address this issue. The complementary slide deck in the resource titled "Freedom Here & Now: Background & Minnesota Resources on Human Trafficking" contains valuable background, national and local stats, and Minnesota resources.

Based on the understanding that many small actions can create ripples that together build into a wave of change, participants in the May 8, 2012, Freedom Here + Now Symposium were invited to co-create a piece of art – posting actions they would take to help end modern slavery. By clicking on the right hand link you can download a summary of actions individuals boldly committed to taking.

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's coverage of Minnesota's visit from Ambassador Luis CdeBaca - director of the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons since May 2009. The interview speaks to how businesses can - and should - get involved with the issue.