What Is ACT?
Alabama Combats Trafficking (ACT) is a statewide initiative by the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office to raise awareness about human trafficking and to empower Alabama businesses in taking ACTion against trafficking.
Who Can Be a Victim of Human Trafficking:
Human trafficking victims can be of any age, race, ethnicity, sex, nationality, immigration status, cultural background, religion, socio-economic class, and education attainment level.
Indicators of Human Trafficking:
- Individuals living with an employer
- Poor living conditions
- Multiple people in cramped space
- Inability to speak to individuals alone
- Answers appear to be scripted and rehearsed
- An employer holding identity documents
- Signs of physical abuse
- Submissive or fearful
- Unpaid or paid very little
- Under 18 and in prostitution