How do you know if someone is a victim of human trafficking? Here are some important signs, or indicators, that someone might be a human trafficking victim:

• Seem to be restricted or controlled by someone else in the way they are communicating or acting.

• Show fear, anxiety, depression, or stress.

• Seem unfamiliar with their environment; don’t know their work or home address.

• Believe that they can’t leave their home or work environment.

• Appear to have no identification documents like driver’s license, family pictures, membership cards, or school ID (If school age).

• Have limited contact with the outside world.

• Work long hours while receiving little or no money for their services.

• Show signs of physical or sexual abuse.

• Are involved in gangs.

• Have tattoos or “brands.”

• Suddenly have expensive items that they say are gifts.

• Are truant from school or don’t come home for days at a time.

*This list is not all inclusive. Also, not all of the indicators named above mean that the individual is actually a human trafficking victim.