Victims
Community Leaders
Nonprofit Leaders
Law Enforcement
Researchers
Experts
Getting Help
Victims of Human Trafficking
Why don’t victims get help?
- Fear of (or trauma bond with) their trafficker
- Distrust in the authorities & a
- Lack of awareness that there are agencies that can support them to safety and recovery.
— BBC News, "Duty to Notify", June 2019
WikiCharities helps victims find services in their community!
Victims can search WikiCharities for services by location, topic and in any language.
Working with Nonprofits
Law Enforcement
"It’s really not a question on whether they’ll [nonprofits] participate, it’s how we will get them to participate in these investigations and support the victims once we find them.”
– Lt. Derek Marsh, C-SPAN Border Crossing Issues, 48m long
“We immediately recognized we were in over our heads. Language barriers, immigration issues, food-clothing, shelter for the victims, initial interviews with the potential victims—all became problematic in different ways and demanded expertise and resources we did not know how to access.”
- Lt. Derek Marsh, Orange County & Bureau of Human Trafficking.What You Need to Know About Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery, John Vanek, 2019
WikiCharities helps law enforcement have better access to NGOs and services to help victims.
Engaging Nonprofits to Help Victims
Legal Services
“Victims service providers are often the experts that we’re going to pull from. So to cross train with them is really important. We should be cross-training one another and making sure the expertise that we all hold is being shared with our partners.”
— Global Summit on Ending Sexual Exploitation, July 2020. Attorney Advisors: Jane Anderson and Dalia Racine. AEquitas Resource
WikiCharities helps attorneys and legal service groups find services for victims in any community.
Need for Victim Service Tools
Global Experts & Researchers
“It is of great concern that protection tools such as those focusing on Victim Case Management and Support, which assist victims in their reintegration after having been exploited, account for only 6% of all the tools, particularly given that the number of detected victims has been consistently increasing over recent years.”
— Val Richey, OSCE/Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Europe. 2017 Study Report, page 25
WikiCharities supports victims by providing a tool to search for after care services!
Importance of Engaging Nonprofits
I.C.E. / Federal groups
“The bottom line is: To really address trafficking, it is a partnership effort with state and local entities as well as NGOs. Anything that impedes that communication or the potential communication for that to exist I think favors trafficking organizations.”
– C-SPAN, 2007, minute 1:09. Victor Cerda, Former Director, Detention and Removal Program Immigration & Customs Enforcement
WikiCharities helps federal groups connect with NGOs in their community.
Understand What NGOs Are in the Community
Community Leaders
It is important for community leaders to understand what nonprofit services are available and what services are lacking to better support their community.
The more we work together, the more effective we will be in fighting human trafficking in all communities.