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Podcast: What The Hal?
Episode: 84 - Raising awareness about human trafficking
Description: January is Human Trafficking Prevention month. It’s a time that shines a light on the issue and raises awareness.
In 2018, 10,949 cases of human trafficking were reported to the Polaris-operated National Human Trafficking Hotline. According to statistics from Polaris these cases involved 23,078 individual survivors; 5,859 potential traffickers and 1,905 trafficking businesses. Human trafficking is still one of the most under reported crimes and often times go unnoticed.
Many people working in the hotel industry are now being trained on how to spot human trafficking and are learning ways to help the victim get to safety.
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