The National Human Trafficking Hotline shows 340 cases in Michigan in 2024 with nearly 600 victims.
In Kent County alone, the sheriff’s office identified more than 90 victims.
“One the of big challenges that we experience is that people tend to sensationalize what it might it look like. There’s a lot of movies or clips that show someone getting taken from a store or off the street. And while that can happen, it is much more subtle than that.”…