If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any activity and cannot leave — whether it was commercial sex, housework, farm work, construction, factory, retail, or restaurant work, or any other activity — you can:
text 233-733 (Be Free)
or call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or the California Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) at 1-888-KEY-2-FRE(EDOM) or 1-888-539-2373 to access help and services.
Victims of slavery and human trafficking and protected under United States and California law.
The hotlines are:
- Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Toll-free
- Operated by non-profit, nongovernmental organizations
- Anonymous and confidential
- Accessible in more than 160 languages
- Able to provide help, referral to services, training, and general information
