NC attorney general highlighting local efforts to prevent human trafficking

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and is intended each year to raise awareness about human trafficking and how to prevent it. On Tuesday, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is visiting Uptown Charlotte to put a spotlight on state and local efforts to prevent human trafficking. “Human trafficking is real, it’s in our communities, it’s across our state and we have to do everything we can to help survivors,“ Attorney General Josh Stein, said. Stein is joined in his trip by Christine Long, the executive director for the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission, as well as District Attorney Spencer Merriweather, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings, and other local leaders. In 2021, the hotline received over 50,000 total signals. Specifically in North Carolina, the hotline reported 223 cases involving 340 victims in 2021. The hotline receives tips regarding sex trafficking, labor trafficking, sex and labor trafficking, and situations where the type of trafficking is not clear. The most recent data also puts the Tar Heel state in the top 15 states in the U.S. for human trafficking cases. READ MORE: