Sex Trafficking Prevention Policy & Safety Tips

Human Trafficking is a crime involving the exploitation of a person for labor, services, or commercial. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 define two primary forms of human trafficking - Sex trafficking and forced labor. Additional legal definitions are contained in state and federal codes.

INTERNET DATING AND SEX TRAFFICKING IS A DANGEROUS CONNECTION!

Online dating has become a pervasive part of modern relationships, but they are also exploited by sex traffickers to recruit and exploit victims! You must protect yourself by THINKING!!!! See Fugaldates.com safety tips below!

IF YOU SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE IN A TRAFFICKING SITUATION, CALL 911!

Additional help after you call 911;

you can call the confidential National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888;

 text “help” to 233733 (BEFREE);

send an email to help@humantraffickinghotline.org;

chat at humantraffickinghotline.org/chat.

FrugalDates.com Safety Tips!

Step up a free dating email address through Gmail and do not use your name.

Google your telephone number and see what it says.

In the beginning, only email.

As things progress, text, but only through Text Free.

You can buy telephone time through Text Free or you can use your own cell phone as long as it does not display your name and nothing appears on Google.

Talk on the telephone before you meet. No talking, no meeting!

Find out verifiable information about the individual you are communicating with. If you can not verify the information, PASS! and move onto someone else.

Only meet in public places. Ice cream, coffee, donuts and fast-food places for this is your 1st “meet and greet”! NO WALKS! NO ALCOHOL/DRUGS!

Park in a public, well lighted parking place.

Keep your 1st “meet and greet” short — no longer than one hour, for it’s all about chemistry.

Feel uncomfortable? Something feels off? LEAVE!

Doesn’t look like their pictures? LEAVE!

Never let your “meet and greet” walk you to your car! Be smart, stay alert and be safe!

If you had a connection, build it slowly for the devil doesn’t look like the devil and everyone is on their best behavior in the beginning!

If you didn’t have a connection or any chemistry, email the person that. Don’t give that person an excuse to email you again or worse, come to your job or home! If the person persists after your final email, block their profile and your telephone number. If they show up at your house, do not let them in and call the police, who will respond and tell them never to come back or they will be arrested for trespassing. If the person comes back around, call the police and get a restraining order! The police and the courts will help you in the event you need it!

Remember!....... YOUR SAFETY IS ALWAYS FIRST! Practice online safety. Research and verify. Communicate and meet safely. Trust your gut and report suspected trafficking to law enforcement authorities!

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT FRUGALDATES.COM WHERE IT DOESN’T COST A FORTUNE TO GET A DATE!

Brian Allman
Former Fairfax, Virginia Police Detective