INDIANA — The Indiana State Police (ISP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division is placing a renewed, aggressive focus on combating human trafficking, using routine traffic stops and roadside commercial inspections as frontline intercept points.
Because state highways and interstate networks serve as major transit corridors for traffickers, state troopers are leaning into targeted public safety campaigns to identify victims and disrupt networks operating in plain sight.
Data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline highlights the persistent footprint of modern-day slavery within the state. Between 2007 and 2024, the hotline documented 4,362 individual signals—which include phone calls, text messages, and online reports—originating from Indiana.
In 2024 alone, the hotline formally identified 154 distinct trafficking cases across the state. Those 154 cases involved a confirmed 561 victims. Law enforcement and advocacy groups emphasize that these figures represent only a fraction of the crisis. A unified statewide database does not exist, and many cases go entirely unreported…