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Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a crime and a form of modern-day slavery. DHS is working to end it.

  • Law Enforcement Resources

    DHS is fundamentally a department of partnerships. We are committed to ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support you need to continue doing so successfully. This guide highlights many of the resources available to law enforcement partners, including training and grant opportunities, to increase nationwide resilience to evolving threats.

  • Indicator Card

    This card provides a brief list of common indicators of human trafficking relevant to campus environments; a summarized list of tips for maintaining a victim centered approach/trauma-informed responses and Brief instructions on following individual reporting protocol and include the HSI Tip Line.

  • T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide

    The T Visa was designed with the dual purpose of stabilizing trafficking victims and promoting cooperation between law enforcement and trafficking victims. This T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide is intended for Federal, State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, Judges and other Government Agencies.

  • Key Tag Cards

    This 3.5x2 plastic card, breaks into three smaller cards. The smallest card contains reporting information and can be discreetly carried on a key chain. The largest lists the signs of human trafficking to be on the lookout for along with information on how to report.

  • Countering Human Trafficking Year in Review

    This DHS Countering Human Trafficking Year in Review reports on select accomplishments and advancements made by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offices and components in the last fiscal year, October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. It includes links to additional informative resources that explain DHS’s counter-trafficking operations, outreach, and other efforts.

  • DHS Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking

    Learn more about DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking.

  • "I Speak" Poster

    This poster assists literate individuals who are not proficient in English to identify a preferred language. This poster contains more than 60 languages. Law enforcement officers and others can show the poster to potential victims of human trafficking; the victims can obtain assistance from the Homeland Security Investigations Tip line that is available 24 hours a day with language capability in over 300 languages and dialects.

  • Blue Campaign & DHS Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts Information Sheet

    This information sheet describes human trafficking and outlines how DHS combats the crime.

  • Blue Campaign Toolkits and Guides

    The Blue Campaign creates a variety of toolkits for various communities to raise awareness against the heinous crime of human trafficking. These toolkits provide an overview of human trafficking, how it affects the community, provides information to recognize and report suspected incidents of human trafficking and posters for display

  • What Is Human Trafficking?

    The Blue Campaign infographic resource will help you to answer the question, “What is Human Trafficking?”  Please help us bring this crime out of the shadows.