Understand How Trafficking Victims are Shamed
News outlets often expose and shame women working for illicit massage parlors. Read Polaris' blog post to learn more and find out what you can do.
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The Stop Human Trafficking – Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois Network is a network of service providers, law enforcement, concerned citizens and awareness raising initiatives throughout Eastern Missouri and parts of Southern Illinois that strive to share resources to better protect and provide for victims of human trafficking. We seek to provide resources to frontline service providers, law enforcement and the general community to increase identification of those in need. Additionally, we strive to facilitate quality and speedy service delivery through fostering the communication network of those working to combat trafficking in persons.
Our goal through this project is to provide resources that will
To identify victims of trafficking through outreach, training and public awareness; to provide referral services for potential victims