Resources: Human Trafficking
Learn More about Human Trafficking
- Focus on the Family's Human Trafficking Resource Packet
What is human trafficking, how did it become a problem, and how can we as Christians fight this evil? Also includes talking points.
- International Justice Mission: Sex Trafficking from the Global Perspective
Learn more about the commercial sex trade aspect of Human Trafficking from a global perspective. What gives rise to a commercial sex industry? What countries are susceptible to a growing sex trade?
International Human Trafficking Resources
- International Justice Mission: Sex Trafficking from the Global Perspective
Learn more about the commercial sex trade aspect of Human Trafficking from a global perspective. What gives rise to a commercial sex industry? What countries are susceptible to a growing sex trade? The U.S. Government's Assistance for Foreign Child Victims of Trafficking
Services available to child victims; requesting assistance for a child victim.From Inside Prison Walls
International Justice Mission's interviews with incarcerated brothel owners and human traffickers in Cambodia.
U.S. Human Trafficking Resources
Shared Hope International's State-by-State Report Card
Each state is graded based on 41 key legislative components that must be addressed in states' laws in order to effectively respond to the crime of domestic minor sex trafficking.National Human Trafficking Resource Center
NHTRC is a national, anti-trafficking hotline and resource center serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States with a live, 24-hour hotline.
Source: Shared Hope International's Protected Innocence Challenge
Minnesota Human Trafficking Resources
Source: Shared Hope International's Protected Innocence Challenge
- Shared Hope International's Minnesota Report Card
Minnesota received a "B" grade based on 41 key legislative components that must be addressed in states' laws in order to effectively respond to the crime of domestic minor sex trafficking.
- Kare11 Investigative Report on Sex Trafficking in MN
Kare11 follows St. Paul police on stings demonstrating how big of a problem child trafficking is for MN. The FBI ranks MN in the top 13 states with high rates of child prostitution.
- Minnesota Office of Justice Programs Report to the Legislature on Trafficking in Minnesota
Includes interesting law enforcement statistics.
Go Deeper
The Just Church: Becoming a Risk-Taking, Justice-Seeking, Disciple-Making Congregation
An International Justice Mission resource designed specifically for churches- Terrify No More
IJM president Gary Haugen's account of rescuing young girls from sex trafficking. "O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your earth to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may terrify no more." -Psalm 10:17-18
- A21's Curriculum for High Schoolers
"Bodies Are Not Commodities curriculum and prevention and awareness program are designed to equip students with the tools necessary to recognize potentially dangerous situations and empower them to become modern-day abolitionists."
Allied Organizations
- The A21 Campaign
Abolishing injustice in the 21st century through Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnership. A21 believes anyone can get involved and everyone can make a difference. - Shared Hope International
Shared Hope International is a Christian organization of abolitionists striving to prevent the conditions that foster sex trafficking, restore victims of sex slaver, and bring justice to vulnerable women and children. - International Justice Mission
IJM seeks to protect the poor from violence in the developing world by rescuing victims, bringing criminals to justice, restoring survivors, and strengthening justice systems. - Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. Their issue analysts have an information packet on human trafficking. - Minnesota Catholic Conference
MCC is the advocacy arm of the Catholic Church in MN. View the Church's position on human trafficking, as well as plenty of other great resources. - Minnesota Human Trafficking Coalition
A Christian alliance against human trafficking. MFC is a member of this coalition! - Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
An entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, dedicated to engaging the culture with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and speaking to issues in the public square for the protection of religious liberty and human flourishing.