January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the FBI’s Springfield office wants you to be aware of the signs of possible human trafficking.
While most trafficking cases involve the sex trade, forced labor accounts for about 10-percent of trafficking cases.
The FBI says red flags include workers who live at the place where they work, workers who are not in possession of their own travel or immigration documents, and workers who are under constant surveillance or who are kept in rooms with locks on the outside.
