General Indicators People who have been trafficked may:

• Believe that they must work against their will

• Be unable to leave their work environment

• Show signs that their movements are being controlled

• Feel that they cannot leave

• Show fear or anxiety

• Be subjected to violence or threats of violence against themselves or against their family members and loved ones

• Suffer injuries that appear to be the result of an assault

• Suffer injuries or impairments typical of certain jobs or control measures

• Suffer injuries that appear to be the result of the  application of control measures

• Be distrustful of the authorities

• Be threatened with being handed over to the authorities

• Be afraid of revealing their immigration status

• Not be in possession of their passports or other travel or identity documents, as those documents are being held by someone else

• Have false identity or travel documents

• Be found in or connected to a type of location likely to be used for exploiting people

• Be unfamiliar with the local language

• Not know their home or work address

• Allow others to speak for them when addressed directly

• Act as if they were instructed by someone else

• Be forced to work under certain conditions

• Be disciplined through punishment

• Be unable to negotiate working conditions

• Receive little or no payment

• Have no access to their earnings

• Work excessively long hours over long periods

• Not have any days off

• Live in poor or substandard accommodations

• Have no access to medical care

• Have limited or no social interaction

• Have limited contact with their families or with people outside of their immediate environment

• Be unable to communicate freely with others

• Be under the perception that they are bonded by debt

• Be in a situation of dependence

• Come from a place known to be a source of human trafficking

• Have had the fees for their transport to the country of destination paid for by facilitators, whom they must payback by working or providing services in the destination

• Have acted on the basis of false promises

Indicators adapted from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Polaris