HUMAN TRAFFICKING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING is the sale of human beings for profit, usually through commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor.  If YOU suspect that you, someone you love, or someone you observe, may be the victim of human trafficking, CALL the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-3737-888 to report what you suspect.  This is a confidential, 24-7 hotline that will take you seriously and provide assistance!
You may also contact  S.A.F.E. of Rocky Mount by calling 252 366-3551. 

We remain available to provide online training in human trafficking awareness and prevention, as well as direct victim support and prevention resources! Please call us if we can be of help! COVID lockdowns have caused an noticeable increase in human trafficking of minors, as students now are online much more than they have ever been.
The following links discuss this issue, and provide tips to keeping YOU and YOUR LOVED ONES safe from human traffickers!

https://youtu.be/6JauuEoL2F0


https://vimeo.com/420305661


https://vimeo.com/430724650


https://vimeo.com/430724650

STOLEN, Episode 5

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investigations/documentary-series-stolen/2378624/

Who We Are and What We Do

S.A.F.E. (Support, Advocate, Fight, Educate) is a Faith-Based non-profit organization which provides Prevention and Awareness Education to local government agencies, churches, schools, colleges, youth groups, and individuals about Human Trafficking at no cost.

In addition, we host Resource Tables at events to share free anti-human trafficking resources with the community and provide free and confidential referral services to victims of human trafficking. Please contact us at any time to arrange for this to happen. 

We are located in Rocky Mount, NC and serve Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson Counties.We will gladly come to your organization, church, youth group, or place of work and offer our Prevention and Awareness Workshops. ​

​​What is Human Trafficking?

​Human trafficking:
U.S. law defines human trafficking as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor or services against his or her will. The one exception involves minors and commercial sex. Inducing a minor into commercial sex is considered human trafficking regardless of the presence of force, fraud or coercion.

Sex trafficking: 
the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to sell sex. Common types include escort services, pornography, illicit massage businesses, brothels, and outdoor solicitation.   

Labor trafficking:
the crime of using force, fraud or coercion to induce another individual to work or provide service. Common types include agriculture, domestic work, restaurants, cleaning services, and carnivals.

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​​Recognizing Human Trafficking

Help Us Fight the Good Fight!

​It’s Not Knowing the Signs – It’s Knowing the Story
Chances are there is going to be nothing visible, nothing that you can see from across the room, or even from up close, that should alert you that a stranger is a victim of human trafficking. That may come as a surprise – especially if you have seen posters or been to a training that offers “indicators” of trafficking, such as a person looking disheveled, upset or scared.

​Beyond the Signs
For many years, the anti-trafficking field focused on noticing and reporting these kind of general “indicators” or “signs” in order to help the public understand that trafficking is not some far-way problem in the developing world but rather is happening right here, in the United States, and that they can be part of the solution. That’s still the case. Paying Attention But as communities across the United States have grown in their understanding of this diverse and complex crime, we are also learning more about how specific people, from specific vantage points, such as medical professionals and truckers, can help identify and report possible trafficking. We have also learned more about how all of us can help by educating ourselves and paying attention to the people in our lives.

If you see these signs, CALL:
National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-3737-888 or
S.A.F.E. of Rocky Mount at
(252) 366-3551
(ALL CALLS ARE COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL)

​Donating to S.A.F.E. of Rocky Mount allows us to maintain:

1. Intake/referral services to victims/survivors and their families by connecting them to our various community service provider partners to begin the extensive recovery process. This includes temporary housing/shelter, transportation, relocation, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment/recovery, legal services, educational and employment services.

2. Educational training to service providers from law enforcement, healthcare, mental health, social services organizations, fire & rescue, educational institutions and more.

3.  Awareness and Prevention presentations to groups, clubs, churches, public and private organizations.