As a North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission member, the Cumberland County district attorney also warns that many human traffickers use drug addiction to lure in and keep individuals trapped in sexual exploitation.
Another common scheme pulled by human traffickers, warns West, involves offering to help individuals who struggle with homelessness or a lack of US citizenship. Ultimately, traffickers use these vulnerabilities to prey on people and make money off of them.
Many non-US citizens in North Carolina also may not speak English. This, too, is an aspect that human traffickers can and do use to gain control.
Anti-human trafficking efforts in North Carolina
In Greenville, NC Stop Human Trafficking is taking action to halt human trafficking in its tracks.
With January being Human Trafficking Awareness Month/Human Trafficking Prevention Month, NC Stop Human Trafficking’s awareness campaign will proceed throughout the rest of the month.
This campaign will offer online informative details regarding the following subject matters:
- Ties between pornography and human trafficking
- The ins and outs of the movement to end human trafficking
- How to keep kids safe online
- How to ensure kids find themselves in healthy relationships
- How to support caregivers
NC Stop Human Trafficking remains committed to ensuring that North Carolina eventually rids itself of all human trafficking.
