“This video was made in partnership with Unchained, Montana Department of Justice, HER Campaign and Meteor Education”

“This video was made in partnership with Unchained, Montana Department of Justice, HER Campaign and Meteor Education”

Disrupting Human Trafficking

NOT ON OUR WATCH

Welcome to Unchained. For the past three years, we've built strong partnerships with various government, non-profit and corporate organizations, dedicated to fighting human trafficking at all levels – local, state, federal, and tribal. We stand against the tragic disappearances, murders and exploitation of First Nations families in which recovery of victims and justice is often elusive. We support Native communities and law enforcement to find those missing and hunt down the criminals responsible.

UNCHAINED

We find and free victims of human trafficking, disrupt the networks that control them, and educate our communities of the threat. 
Unchained is committed to the fight against human trafficking here and abroad. We’ve made Montana’s First Nations our top domestic priority in the effort to fight two intersecting issues: human trafficking and the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) crisis. According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, First Nation women and girls represent 30-40% of Montana’s human trafficking victims. In 2021, Montana’s Native Americans accounted for 30% of reported missing person cases. Native Americans make up just under 7% of the state’s population, of which half are women and girls. 

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  • "the worst acts become facts"

    "the worst acts become facts"

  • A 2019 United Nations report indicated a rise in human trafficking, and believe that children under the age of 18 account for 30% of all trafficking victims, of which girls were the majority detected.

    — (Scotti, A., 7 JAN 19, Rising human trafficking takes on ‘horrific dimensions’: almost a third of victims are children)

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    Human trafficking is a $236 billion global industry with sexual exploitation accounting for the lion’s share at nearly $173 billion in profits a year.

    — (Keaten, J., 19 MAR 2024, Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B in profits from forced labor)

The International Labour Organization estimated 28 million people were victims of labor and sex trafficking worldwide (2021).

Partnerships with law enforcement, tribal nations, education and human services sectors, and non-profits allow for:

  • Continued collaboration to find Montana’s missing Native American youth

  • Targeted education, awareness and pathways to prevention of human trafficking victimization for all of Montana’s youth through the school system

  • Community education engagements

  • Investigative support to law enforcement to find missing persons and hunt criminals

  • Survivor support through active collaboration and resourcing of survivor advocacy organizations