July 1, 2016
National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
Between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015, the NHTRC hotline received reports of 5,545 potential human trafficking cases in the United States. 1,630 of these cases (29.4%) involved minor victims. The NHTRC defines a minor as an individual under 18 years of age. The following report is based on these cases.