Based on material provided by Ramsey County Attorneys Office St Paul MN With training and awareness hotels motels can make a difference by knowing what to look for and what to do if sex trafficking is suspected ID: 661308
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Making a Difference:Ways to Help Prevent Sex Trafficking
Based on material provided by Ramsey County Attorney's Office, St. Paul, MNSlide2
With training and awareness, hotels / motels can make a difference by knowing what to look for and what to do if sex trafficking is suspected.
Based on material provided by Ramsey County Attorney's Office, St. Paul, MNSlide3
What to Look For
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Warning signs organized by where and how you’ll see them
Guests
Guestrooms
Hotel Areas
These aren’t the only possible warning signs
Not all of these signs will mean much by themselves – consider them with all of the other circumstances
What to Look For
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No luggage or identification
Rooms paid for in cash
Anyone:
who appears fearful, disoriented, or disheveled
who shows signs of physical abuse
who is being restricted from moving or communicatingYoung peoplemade up to look significantly older
with significantly older “boyfriends”
What to Look For - Guests
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Continuous refusal of housekeeping services
Excessive pornography or
any
child pornography
Sex paraphernalia (condoms, lubricant, etc.)
Numerous smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc.
Multiple credit cards or excessive cashDifferent men coming and going
What to Look For - Guestrooms
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Individuals loitering or soliciting in common areas
Individuals appearing to monitor common areas
Individuals exchanging money
Use of hotel computers to visit adult websites
What to Look For – Hotel Areas
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What to Do
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Don’t confront – seek help
Follow your establishment’s polices
Call
911 -
NO CONCERN IS TOO SMALL
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What to DoSlide10
Call 911
even if just a
suspicion
even
if not an “emergency
”When you call: Operator passes info along to local law enforcementOfficer comes to check out situation and people
Low-key – no lights, no sirens, no commotion (unless the situation warrants it)What happens if you’re wrong?
“If you see something, say something.”
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What to DoSlide11
Don’t take payments in cash
Require guests and visitors to register (provide names and ID)
Partner with law enforcement on investigations
Example
: offer rooms for undercover operations
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Other Ways to HelpSlide12
DVDLess than 20 minutes, with background information, plus what to look for and what to do
Goal: viewed by every current employee, plus all new hires
Poster
What
to look for and what to do
Keep in employee break rooms and other “back of house” areasBoth available in Spanish, Hmong, and Somali
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Accompanying ToolsSlide13Slide14
Questions?