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WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. Victims are forced, defrauded, or coerced into trafficking. Even if victims initially offer consent, that consent is rendered meaningless by the actions of the traffickers to exploit them for labor, services, or commercial sex.
IT IS A
INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE
IT HAPPENS HERE.
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Is the average age for victims of Sex Trafficking
100,000

number of children trafficked in the U.S. every year
27,000,000

Number of Men, Women and Children in slavery around the world.
THEIR HURT STOPS HERE.

This is an exciting time for The Salvation Army Anti-Trafficking Initiatives!
We are excited to be launching our Anti-Trafficking newsletter. This newsletter will be sent out every other month with updates from the field, highlights from programs and other anti-trafficking resources. In the past year we have established our Territorial Anti-Trafficking Council with representatives from each command. There are new programs in Dallas and Fort Worth Texas and Baltimore, Maryland. In Atlanta, Tampa and Raleigh we have growing programs doing incredible work with survivors of trafficking.
We will be highlighting each program throughout the year. All over our territory, there are corps engaging in creative ways. There is so much potential for growth and building momentum in the coming years! Stay tuned for these updates – we want to keep you up to speed with all that we are doing to fight trafficking!
Combating Human Trafficking

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The Salvation Army is deeply committed to the modern-day fight against human trafficking (for sexual and labor purposes) and forms of commercial sexual exploitation innately linked to sexual trafficking. This commitment emerges from both The Salvation Army’s mission – to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in His name without discrimination – and is rooted in the organization’s early history.
The Salvation Army was founded in London, England, in 1865 by the husband and wife team of Catherine and William Booth. The Booths went against Victorian conventions and took their ministry to the dirty and dangerous streets of London’s east side where they reached out to the destitute and desperate. Their efforts eventually evolved into a battle to protect women and children from the horrors of sex trafficking. Upon learning of the desperate needs of women and children at risk of or already caught up in organized commercial sexual exploitation, The Salvation Army responded by opening homes for women and girls and developing intensive “Rescue Work.” Within thirty years Salvation Army rescue homes grew from one to 117.
The Salvation Army’s efforts to help women and girls in prostitution did not stop there. In one of the most fascinating chapters of its history, The Salvation Army participated in the planning and execution of an undercover investigation into the trafficking of young girls for prostitution – a detailed account of which was published in July 1885 by the Pall Mall Gazette in a series of articles called, “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon.” The series created enough fervor to foment public opinion in support of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, a measure which when passed in August 1885 raised the age of consent from 13 to 16 (although reformers sought 18). The Salvation Army’s advocacy efforts were a major catalyst in the bill’s passage. Now, more than a century later, The Salvation Army in the United States and abroad is part of a reviving movement for the abolition of sex trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.