Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, is a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled sex or labor.
There is no single profile of a trafficking victim. Victims of human trafficking can be anyone.
Any person under the age of 18 who is engaged in commercial sex acts, regardless of the use of force, fraud, or coercion, is a victim of human trafficking, even if they appear to consent to the commercial sex act. Learn more.
From October 2023 through September 2024, 288 OVC human trafficking grantees provided services to 10,505 clients on average per quarter. Learn more.
Human Trafficking Data Dashboard
This data dashboard provides an overview of key performance measure data collected by multiple OVC discretionary programs that support services for survivors of human trafficking.
Labor Trafficking
OVC is working to better identify labor trafficking victims in the United States, expand the services that are available to them, and hold offenders accountable. Access information about OVC funding opportunities, training and technical assistance, research, and resources that may support your organization’s anti-labor trafficking efforts.
Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking
View OVC’s Commemoration Guide to help your organization develop and carry out its anti-trafficking awareness campaigns.
OVC TTAC Human Trafficking Action Research Toolkit
This toolkit provides information, strategies, tools, and other resources to help organizations and programs collect and interpret data in order to enhance their work.
Announcements
OVC Releases FAQs About Managing Human Trafficking Awards.
Important Resources
- Faces of Human Trafficking
- Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials: Human Trafficking
- Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
- Trafficking in Persons Annual Report
- Attorney General’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report to Congress
- More Resources from and Sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs
Training and Technical Assistance
Find training and technical assistance supported by OVC and other federal government agencies on our Human Trafficking: Training and Technical Assistance page.