V4CR is not a law enforcement agency and does not have an emergency response team. If a child is in danger right now, call 911. The NCMEC hotline is 1-800-843-5678 and the National Human Trafficking Hotline is 1-888-373-7888. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
What counts as trafficking
Tips should relate to trafficking, forced labour, or the illegal transportation of minors. The definitions below are summarised from federal law.
- Trafficking (18 U.S.C. 1591)
- Recruiting, harbouring, transporting, providing, obtaining, advertising or maintaining a person for someone else's gain by force, fraud or coercion. Where the person is under 18, no force, fraud or coercion need be shown.
- Forced labour (18 U.S.C. 1589)
- Knowingly providing or obtaining the labour or services of a person by force, threats, physical restraint, coercion or fraud, or benefiting financially from doing so.
- Peonage, slavery and involuntary servitude (18 U.S.C. 1590)
- Knowingly recruiting, harbouring, transporting, providing or obtaining any person for labour or services in violation of the law.
- Transportation of a person under 18 (18 U.S.C. 2423)
- Knowingly transporting a person under 18 for an unlawful purpose, travelling with that intent, or arranging or facilitating such travel.
Please refer to the statutes themselves for full definitions. How to report to the authorities.