The Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution Dayton Chapter is supplying 80 hotels in the area with prepackaged soaps and makeup remover wipes with the National Human Trafficking Hotline phone number labeled on them. The products will be delivered before the March Madness college basketball tournament begins.
The group says this is a time when there is an uptick in traveling and a potential increase in human trafficking. Theresa Flores, founder of the SOAP Project approximately 13 years ago, said calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, which is operated by the Polaris Project, double during major sporting events where they have shared their soaps.
Mornhinweg said individuals are more often coerced or threatened by someone they know, such as a dating partner or a family member, into these situations that they then feel like they cannot leave. Those who want to register to volunteer can visit eventbrite. Since its inception in , the National Human Trafficking Hotline has identified 3, cases of human trafficking and 6, victims were identified in these cases.
For , the National Human Trafficking Hotline identified cases with victims. Visit polarisproject. Samantha Wildow is a health care journalist with the Dayton Daily News covering local hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, community health and other similar topics. In Other News. About the Author. Samantha Wildow.
