Trafficking Statistics
HART Data Summaries
HART is the Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team run by the CT Department of Child and Family Services. HART looks specifically at Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking and at Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children so this data focuses exclusively on minors. Keep in mind that although this data shows trends, it does not give a full picture of trafficking/child exploitation in CT as it is limited to what people are able and know to report. If a data point is missing from a graph, that specific piece of data was not collected by HART.
National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Data Summaries
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center, or NHTRC, runs a hotline to which cases of trafficking can be reported. All data in this section can be found on the NHTRC website. The data displayed here is the data specifically for CT. This data is non-cumulative and may have overlap with the data from HART as this data looks at both minors and adults. Keep in mind that although this data shows trends, it does not give a full picture of trafficking in CT as it is limited to what people are able and know to report.
Sources Used
The sources used for this data were the HART program run by the Connecticut DCF, as well as the Connecticut statistics for the NHTRC Hotline. The NHTRC statistics can all be found published online on their website, along with some further information regarding statistics of industries and venues for sex and labor trafficking in CT. Some of the information from HART can be found on their website, but much of it is unpublished. If you would like to see the original data for HART, please contact the site manager.