Nebraska officials reveal new hotline for human trafficking

Nebraska has a brand new native hotline for the general public to report suspected instances of intercourse trafficking and labor trafficking.

The brand new line, obtainable 24 hours a day, is 833-PLS-LOOK (833-757-5665).

Introduced Thursday by Legal professional Basic Doug Peterson and the Nebraska State Patrol, the hotline is  designed to obtain tips about doable human trafficking and shortly direct the knowledge to native investigators. Reviews, which might be made anonymously, go on to the State Patrol’s info evaluation heart.

“Public experiences might be the important thing to saving victims, interrupting trafficking operations, and prosecuting offenders,” mentioned John Bolduc, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol. “We urge anybody who spots the indicators of human trafficking to report it instantly.”

He mentioned the hotline is the results of a partnership between the State Patrol, Nebraska Human Trafficking Activity Pressure and the Legal professional Basic’s Workplace.

Folks looking for sufferer companies are nonetheless urged to name the Nationwide Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888.

The Legal professional Basic’s Workplace web site affords extra details about the Nebraska Human Trafficking Activity Pressure, together with info on how one can determine the indicators of trafficking and how one can get assist.

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