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JANUARY IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH

  • Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Orange County Sheriff John Mina Tuesday in the announcement of a new anti-human trafficking resource, the 2022 Online Safety Toolkit, focused on protecting children from predators who use apps, websites and technology online.
    Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Orange County Sheriff John Mina Tuesday in the announcement of a new anti-human trafficking resource, the 2022 Online Safety Toolkit, focused on protecting children from predators who use apps, websites and technology online.

    January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Safety Tip Week 1: Enable Privacy Settings on all Electronic Devices

    Human Trafficking Safety Tip Week 2: Use Discretion on Social Media Sites

    Human Trafficking Safety Tip Week 3: Know the definition of Sextortion and how it works

    As children grow and develop, they become more interested in relationships and sex. One way they may do this is through sexting. Teens may not believe or be able to foresee a situation in which the person they send a sext to chooses to share that image with others. However, it does happen, and the consequences can be devastating.

    Additionally, those who engage in sexting may also become victims of sextortion. Human traffickers use sextortion as a type of blackmail to acquire additional sexual content from the child, coerce them into engaging in sexual activity, or groom them for future sexual exploitation. Children who are victims of sextortion are often targeted and blackmailed by a trafficker they met online who had obtained the initial sexual image from the child through deceit, coercion, or another method.