April 1, 2015
National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
Between 1/1/2014 and 12/31/2014, the NHTRC hotline received reports of 5,042 potential human trafficking cases in the United States. 1,581 of these cases (31.4%) involved minor victims. The NHTRC defines a minor as an individual under 18 years of age. The following report is based on these cases.