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PEOPLE COMPLETED HUMAN TRAFFICKING 101 TRAINING
Dedicated to combating one of the most egregious violations of human rights – human trafficking. At, we stand firm in our commitment to raise awareness, provide resources, and advocate for the eradication of this heinous crime. Together, we can make a difference.
An Evidence-Based Approach
Awards
As we’ve evolved into an evidence-based social agency, Khaltorious has been recognized by multiple stakeholders for the impact of our programs and our commitment to building resilience in individuals, families and communities.
Partners & Communities Activated
Survivors
Service Providers
Law Enforcement
Community Partner
Government Policymakers and Political Leaders
Private Sector
Media & Social Influencers
Survivors
- Survivors help lead Polaris and our programs. While we never ask people to disclose whether they have experienced human trafficking directly, we are proud that there are survivors on our Board of Directors, among our senior leadership team, across levels of the organization, and on our Advisory Councils.
- Polaris has hired 175+ survivor consultants to contribute their expertise to the anti-trafficking movement. We also engaged 457 survivors in the NSS, making it the largest known survey of its kind, and had seven survivors in the project’s Community Advisory Group and six survivors who were part of the core research team.
Service Providers
- Polaris provides thousands of referrals to victims, survivors, and those supporting them using our network of 3,100+ service providers and law enforcement agencies in the U.S., as well as 2,600+ vetted partners worldwide.
- Polaris facilitates the North American Safety Net of human trafficking hotlines across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, coordinating cases across borders and sharing trends and best practices. We helped stand up Mexico’s hotline in 2015, and advised 15 other countries, including the UK, Canada, and South Africa, on theirs.
Law Enforcement
- Polaris currently refers about one-third of all situations to law enforcement, including any involving children, threats of immediate violence, or adult victims who consent to have information shared. From January 2016 through August 2022, Polaris referred 7,352 trafficking situations to law enforcement.
- Our information has helped build cases to hold traffickers accountable. Examples include the report of a man enticing three victims over Facebook, resulting in a 20-year prison sentence for child sex trafficking; a report of minors being trafficked, which led to an FBI sting operation resulting in a 10-year sentence; and assistance for a Mexican consulate in identifying a labor trafficking case affecting over 45 workers in Connecticut and leading to the indictment of two traffickers.
Community Partner
- More than 21,500 people have taken “Human Trafficking 101,” our free, interactive online training explaining what human trafficking is, how it happens, and who the victims and traffickers are.
- Polaris has provided specialized training to a variety of organizations, agencies, and faith communities who engage potential victims, survivors, and vulnerable groups. For example, we have trained 2,500+ officials at Mexican and Northern Triangle consulates in all 50 states, strengthening efforts to prevent and disrupt labor trafficking.
Government Policymakers and Political Leaders
- With support from Polaris, survivors, and other allies, Congress passed the Debt Bondage Repair Act in 2021, which enables survivors to have adverse information from trafficking removed from their credit report. The following year, Polaris contributed and facilitated public comments that helped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau improve implementation of the new law.
- In 2023, the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor released major regulation changes to protect temporary agricultural workers in the U.S. — citing several Polaris reports about temporary workers and labor trafficking in their documentation. These new regulations will reduce vulnerability to trafficking for more than 300,000 workers per year in the U.S.
Private Sector
- We’ve trained 1 million employees of corporate partners, tailoring accurate information about trafficking to their sectors and scopes.
- Several financial institution partners have changed their practices so that survivors can open bank accounts more easily. Six have waived monthly banking fees; five now allow for alternative forms of identification; five have waived monthly balance requirements; and four will dismiss any adverse information resulting from a credit check for confirmed trafficking victims.
Media & Social Influencers
- In partnership with survivors, Polaris developed a media guide to share with journalists, entertainment industry professionals, service providers, and others creating content about human trafficking.
- In the last two years, a targeted campaign to reach Spanish-language media with accurate information about labor trafficking resulted in 47 earned media placements in 23 outlets, including Univision, Enlace Latino, and Telemundo.