Ohio, Human Trafficking

Ohio AG expands ways Ohioans can access Human Trafficking Hotline
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced he is expanding the ways Ohioans can access the Human Trafficking Hotline to file reports. AG Yost’s office says since the hotline went live in the fall of 2024,
Ohio launches app, new text line to report human trafficking
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost launched the statewide hotline to report human trafficking; now, other ways of reporting it are being added to it.
Community leaders, human trafficking survivors raise awareness at Ohio Statehouse
Around 200 community leaders, advocates and survivors came together for the 2025 Human Trafficking Prevention Awareness Statehouse Advocacy Day. “Human trafficking is an issue in Ohio. We believe it’s a serious crime and a serious public health issue that affects the people in Ohio more than you might think.
Truckers Against Trafficking: Ohio AG announces partnership to fight human trafficking
Ohio’s attorney general Dave Yost announced a partnership within the transportation industry to fight against human trafficking.
Ohio attorney general partners within the transportation industry on human trafficking awareness campaign
The partnership brings Yost's Human Trafficking Initiative together with Ohio-based TravelCenters of the America and nonprofit organization Truckers Against Trafficking to enhance human trafficking aw
Ohio launches human trafficking hotline along with TravelCenters of America and Truckers Against Trafficking
Ohio launched a human trafficking hotline in cooperation with TravelCenters of America and Truckers Against Trafficking.
Ohio organization works to teach community about the link between social media, human trafficking
A 2018 state-level study identified at least 1,000 minor victims of trafficking. Another 4,000 minors were determined to be at risk for trafficking.
AG Yost Partners With TravelCenters of America, Truckers Against Trafficking on Awareness Campaign
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced a partnership within the transportation industry to expand the fight against human trafficking statewide. The partnership brings Yost’s Human Trafficking Initiative (HTI) together with Ohio-based TravelCenters of America (TA) and the nonprofit organization Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) to enhance human trafficking awareness in Ohio communities and to encourage the public to report tips to the new Ohio-specific human trafficking hotline: 844-END-OHHT.
Yost, TravelCenters of America, Truckers Against Trafficking team on awareness campaign
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is partnering with the transportation industry to expand the fight against human trafficking ...
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AG Yost Launches App, Introduces Other Ways to Report Signs of Human Trafficking
January 30, 2025, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The new statewide ...
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Wheeling YWCA promotes STEP to combat human trafficking
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the Wheeling YWCA is hoping to get the word out on one of the only programs in West Virginia designe ...
‘Absolutely no merit’: Avon Police respond to human trafficking investigation claims
“There is absolutely no merit to this post and we are aware of no information to substantiate what has been claimed in the post,” Avon Police said in a Facebook post. There are no specific threats at ...
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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month aims to educate the public on the dangers of Human Trafficking and how to keep ...