Police Want You To Take A Photo Of Your Hotel Room – It Could Save A Life

Most people are oblivious to the fact that more than 1 million people are enslaved in the United States alone with many more being enslaved around the world. They are taken from one country to another by smugglers, not those who specialize in smuggling drugs but those who are involved in human trafficking. This includes up to 800,000 individuals who are taken across the borders of the United States on an annual basis. The same is true in the UK and other countries as well.

An even more alarming figure is the fact that half of those individuals are children and 80% of them are female. According to UNICEF, 21 million people have been a part of this human trafficking around the world as the demand for cheap labor and slavery has been increasing steadily. It is alarming, but it is a fact that you should know.

Because of the demand for cheap labor and sexual exploitation, many of these individuals are abducted, abused and held against their will. Now you can have a part in making a difference. The application, TraffickCam, takes photos submitted by users of hotel rooms and compiles them in an easy to search database. When photos are posted online from traffickers, authorities can match the photos against a database to find out where they are.