• The signs that someone you know and or love are being human trafficked. 

Different hairstyles, new clothes, different friends, always on her phone, probably just means she mature, or has a new boyfriend right?

It’s subtle and sneaky! 

You have to ‘want’ to see them, and for most of us we do not want to, or we did not know we needed to be looking for the signs.



Whether it is your child, friend or coworker, there are always signs that something is not right in their lives (victims), but most times, we don’t take the time to notice, or if we do, we think “not my problem” and bury our heads in the sand a bit further.

Did you know that about half (45%) of all victims of police-reported human trafficking were between the ages of 18 and 24. Nearly three in ten victims (28%) were under the age of 18, and the remainder (26%) were 25 years of age or older.* That means that your sister, cousins, friends, co-workers and closer to home, your daughters could be targeted, so you have to learn the signs. 

Anyone who is ‘getting involved in a relationship’, could be someone who is getting groomed. On the outside, it all looks normal. But there are signs they are being groomed to be human trafficked, subtle signs. So subtle you have to look for them to see them. 

During the early stages, it is thrilling. They have been told, ‘don’t tell anyone and as the ‘secret’ is fun they play along. Or their ‘boyfriend’ has told them, “your parents and friends won’t understand our kind of relationship” so let’s just keep it quiet for now.  They obey because it adds a layer of excitement to it all. It probably looks like a regular relationship, but there are subtle things, that at first you just cannot put your finger on. Gradually, you start to notice that he tries to come between the “girlfriend’ and her parents, siblings, and friends. Doing what he can to separate them from loved ones.