Victims of the crime are either sex trafficking or labor trafficking victims.
Nineteen trafficking cases were reported to The Greater Milwaukee Area Rescue and Restore Coalition over the past year. Incidents were reported in cities like Milwaukee, Spencer, Waukesha, Brookfield and in Jefferson and Fond Du Lac Counties.
Victims are forced to work with no pay or freedoms in restaurants, resorts, factories on farms and in suburban neighborhoods.
If you would like more information, feel you are being trafficked or would like to report trafficking, contact the National Trafficking Hotline.
1-888-3737-888
www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking