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Covenant House Responds to the Growing Crisis of Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery and is now considered the third-largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world.

Victims are trafficked for a wide variety of purposes, such as commercial sex, agricultural work, or house-cleaning. Many victims are the most vulnerable among us, including young children and members of poverty-stricken families.

Covenant House is committed to the struggle to rescue and provide sanctuary for victims of human trafficking at our 21 sites across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Covenant House outreach and program staff are involved with local task forces and in collaborative efforts with other agencies combating human trafficking, as well as with local prosecutors and law enforcement.

Covenant House NINELINE (1-800-999-9999) counselors assist in the rescue of victims by sending emergency assistance or linking the caller with over 30,000 agencies nationwide with personnel trained to work with victims of trafficking.

Covenant House employs bilingual staff, English/Spanish, and uses interpretation services for other languages.

Cases of human trafficking have been reported throughout the United States in all fifty states. Numbers of trafficking victims in the United States is estimated in the hundreds of thousands. These estimates include numbers of internally trafficked individuals, such as minors in the U.S. involved in commercial sex, as well as the U.S. State Department estimate of 14,500-17,500 foreign nationals that are trafficked into the United States each year.

In developing countries the stark poverty of the indigent populations has created an entire population of homeless and vulnerable street children -- on their own and at the mercy of predators, human traffickers, and gangs.

Covenant House staff in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico provide life-saving outreach; participate in rescues of victims; and investigate potential trafficking sites. Covenant House also provides safe housing and long term case management and planning for victims and their families.

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