If you are or have been a victim of human trafficking, or have reason to suspect human trafficking is taking place in your community, please contact one of the following organizations:
Phillip Martin begins his investigation of human trafficking in Boston and beyond.
Part Two: Sexual and Human Trafficking
Phillip Martin talks to state agencies and police in Massacusetts and Rhode Island about their ongoing investigations.
Phillip Martin looks at the most most heinous dimension of human trafficking: The kidnapping of children for commercial sexual exploitation.
Part Four: Sexual and Human Trafficking
Phillip Martin explores the international sex trade and why Massachusetts does not have a state law against trafficking.
Phillip Martin on The Takeaway
Trafficking by the numbers
Learn the facts about human trafficking around the world.
The terms of trafficking
Read a glossary of terms commonly associated with trafficking.
Local resources
Kim's Project
Brighton, MA
Phone: 617-779-2133
Lutheran Social Services of New England
Worcester, MA
Phone: 508-754-1121
MataHari: Eye of the Day
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-448-0993
Email: info@eyeoftheday.org
My Life My Choice
Boston, MA
Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW, MPH -- director
Audrey Porter - asst. program director/coordinator of survivor services
Email: lgrace@jri.org
Email: aporter@jri.org
Phone: 617-779-2179
Nivasa Foundation
Merrimac, MA
Phone: 617-996-9050
Email: info@nivasafoundation.org
One Goal
Boston, MA
Sunanda Nair, co-executive director, 617-942-1653
Paul Taylor, co-executive director, 978-704-1412
SEEN Coalition (Support to End Exploitation Now)
Suffolk County, MA
Susan Goldfarb, executive director of the Children's Advocacy Center of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office; coordinator of SEEN
Email: susan.goldfarb@state.ma.us
Phone: 617-779-2149
Vietnamese-American Civic Association (VACA), Youth Program
Dorchester, MA
Thuong Dai, receptionist
Phone: 617-288-7344, ext. 16
Beyond Massachusetts
California
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
Phone: 213-365-1906
The Sold Project
Phone: 323-828-6450
Email: contact@thesoldproject.com
New York
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Phone: 212-643-9895
Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
Phone: 212-926-8089
Somaly Mam Foundation
Phone: 917-388-9623
Rhode Island
Day One
Providence, RI
Phone: 401-421-4100
Washington, DC
Courtney's House
Phone: 202-276-4487
Email: info@courtneyshouse.org
FAIR Fund
Phone: 202-265-1505
Email: info@fairfund.org
Women Against Slavery
Email: katherine.adams@womenagainstslavery.org
Washington state
Shared Hope International
Phone: 866-HER-LIFE (866-437-5433)
Email: savelives@sharedhope.org
National hotline
National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
Phone: 888-373-7888
Email: nhtrc@polarisproject.org
Latest Comments
Thom 07.09.10
The National Hotline is a resource for both information and information referrals for the entire country. Polaris Project has relationships with victim service agencies as well as local, state, and Federal law enforcement units across the US. Anyone with a concern in any city or town can start first with a call to the Hotline.
Thank you for exposing this critical issue.
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