Human Trafficking
The Issue
Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery, plain and simple. It happens here in Tennessee. And it has to stop.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is committed to understanding and fighting Human Trafficking. Our state has consistently been ranked among the best in the nation for its approach to this crime, as a growing number of advocates -- from law enforcement to nonprofits to government agencies -- have stepped up to play a part in the solution.
Reports and Publications
Resources
Campaigns and Visuals
In 2014, the TBI launched a public awareness campaign to inform the state about Human Trafficking, and more importantly, what can be done about it. Online, you'll find more information, videos, warning signs, and a list of nonprofits committed to the fight in need of your support. Together, we believe we can put and to this kind of crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
The U.S. Department of Justice defines Human Trafficking as a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts. The coercion can be subtle or overt, physical or
psychological. Exploitation of a minor for commercial sex is human trafficking, regardless of whether any form of force, fraud, or coercion was used.
Human Trafficking involves exploiting men, women, or children for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Human Smuggling involves the provision of a service, typically transportation or fraudulent documents, to an individual who voluntarily seeks to gain illegal entry into a foreign country.
Sex Trafficking is committed by subjecting, attempting to subject, or benefitting from another person’s commercial sex acts. Labor Trafficking is committed by recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining another person for the purpose of involuntary servitude.
Call the Tennessee Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-855-558-6484 or the National Human Trafficking Hotline at
1-888-373-7888. You can also submit a tip online at www.ithastostop.com.