Resources for Victims
Victims | Individuals | First Responders | Law Enforcement | Businesses | Legal Professionals | NGOs
Victims | Individuals | First Responders | Law Enforcement | Businesses | Legal Professionals | NGOs
For urgent situations, notify local law enforcement immediately by calling 911. You may also want to alert the National Human Trafficking Resource Center described below so that they can ensure response by law enforcement officials knowledgeable about human trafficking.
Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, a national 24-hour, toll-free, multilingual anti-trafficking hotline. Call 1-888-3737-888 or text INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733) to report a tip; connect with anti-trafficking services in your area; or request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources. The Center is equipped to handle calls from all regions of the United States from a wide range of callers including, but not limited to: potential trafficking victims, community members, law enforcement, medical professionals, legal professionals, service providers, researchers, students, and policymakers.
Call the U.S. Department of Justice’s dedicated human trafficking toll-free complaint line at 1-888-428-7581 (weekdays 9 AM – 5 PM EST) to report suspected instances of human trafficking or worker exploitation or contact the FBI field office nearest you .This call is toll-free and offers foreign language translation services in most languages as well as TTY. After business hours, the complaint line has a message service in English, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin.
List of Global Government and NGO Human Trafficking Hotlines.
Find a local Rescue and Restore Coalition (HHS)
Find a local Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded grantee program to help victims of trafficking (DOJ)
Immigration Remedies for Trafficking Victims
US State Department Brochure on Immigrant Rights, Protections, and Resources
Victim Assistance Card (PDF – 2 pages, 189 KB)
Victim Assistance Shoe Card (PDF – 2 pages, 561 KB)
Learn about workers rights in the U.S. (DOL)
If you have had your wages withheld or have questions about your rights as a migrant worker: