Human trafficking in our community – the silent victims.

Open to the general public –
Please share this free event with everyone!

Many of you are aware of the toll the opiod crisis and drug epidemic is taking on families. But what about the silent victims of the drug problem? The women and children who are being trafficed for drug money?

Presented by the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force, Grace Downtown is hosting a human trafficking awareness seminar on May 20th to discuss one of the many consequences of the currently drug epidemic.

Topics to include – how to be aware of trafficking, what can you do, who to contact and how you can help.

For more informaition, you can visit:
http://www.nvhttf.com

The problem is slowly making its way into the national news.
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/03/575252524/w-va-officials-warn-of-increased-cases-of-human-trafficking

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/women-addicted-opioids-turn-sex-work-west-virginia-n868591

Founded in 2004, the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force is a collaboration of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations dedicated to (1) investigating and prosecuting those engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, and closely related crimes; (2) identifying, rescuing, and providing services to victims of human trafficking, and (3) conducting training, community outreach, and public awareness efforts.

Our goals include…
◾Facilitating a more coordinated anti-trafficking effort in Northern Virginia through protocol development, extensive community outreach, proactive investigations, law enforcement training, intelligence sharing, and more formalized partnerships between law enforcement organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
◾Identifying victims of both sex and labor trafficking
◾Providing comprehensive services to trafficking victims, and
◾Increase prosecutions of traffickers and those responsible for facilitating this crime. \