Human Trafficking Tip Line
The ACTIC coordinates statewide resources and training for the public, juvenile probation, victims of human trafficking, Arizona law enforcement, and others on the subject of human trafficking and other child crimes.
One such training program, the Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC), provides law enforcement officers, prosecutors, child advocates, and others who work closely with children the knowledge and skills to recognize victims of trafficking and to coordinate resources for assistance.
Since the program was adopted in Arizona in 2014, over 1,000 individuals from 43 different agencies have completed the training.
Human trafficking encompasses crimes involving forced labor and/or sex trafficking. According to the U.S. Department of State, there are an estimated 27.6 million trafficking victims worldwide at any given time.
“Our personnel and our stakeholders are committed to ending human trafficking in Arizona by collaborating with community partners, law enforcement, and prosecutors to raise awareness, hold traffickers responsible, and provide human trafficking victims with resources to prevent further exploitation and victimization,” said AZDPS Major Jennifer Borquez, Director of the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC).
The ACTIC has partnered with the Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family, the Governor’s Council to Combat Human Trafficking in Arizona, and the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research (STIR) to create a tip line that provides a non-law enforcement on-call response and support to victims of human trafficking. From Feb. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2023, the human trafficking tip line received 112 calls for support, referral, and case management services for human trafficking victims.
“No one entity can end human trafficking alone, it will take the entire community,” said Major Borquez. “We encourage everyone to become familiar with the signs and report any suspected human trafficking through our website at azactic.gov.”
The tip line is available 24/7 at 1-877-4AZ-TIPS (1-877-429-8477) or online at azactic.gov. (*Victims in need of immediate assistance should call 9-1-1)
National Human Trafficking Hotline (For information outside of AZ):
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en/find-local-services
Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act, in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age (22 USC § 7102).
How does a person become trafficked?
It is a common misconception that traffickers physically abduct their victims. Most sex trafficking occurs by the trafficker "grooming" the victim, often convincing them that they will help in overcoming a n obstacle or even pretending to be a boyfriend or intimate partner. The trafficker often uses abuse (force), trickery (fraud) and manipulation (coercion) to convince the victim to engage in commercial sex acts. It can then become very difficult to escape the situation.
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