‍Trafficked victims are often lured into another country by false promises and may not easily trust others. Trafficked victims may:

- Be fearful of police or authorities
- Be fearful of the trafficker, believing their lives or family members’ lives are at risk if they escape
- Exhibit signs of physical and psychological trauma e.g. anxiety, lack of memory of recent events, bruising, untreated conditions
- Be fearful of telling others about their situation
- Be unaware they have been trafficked and believe they are simply in a bad job
- Have limited freedom of movement
- Be unpaid, or paid very little
- Have limited access to medical care
- Seem to be in debt to someone
- Have no passport or mention that someone else is holding their passport
- Be regularly moved to avoid detection
- Believe they are being controlled by use of witchcraft

Residential housing/hotels are being used more and more as a form of a brothel. People forced into sexual exploitation may:

- Be moved between brothels, sometimes from city to city
- Sleep on work premises
- Display a limited amount of clothing, of which a large proportion is sexual
- Display substance misuse
- Be forced, intimidated, or coerced into providing sexual services
- Be subjected to abduction, assault, or rape
- Be unable to travel freely e.g. picked up and dropped off at work location by another person
- Have money for their services provided or collected by another person

Where work is done under the fear of a penalty, or the person has not offered himself/herself voluntarily and is now unable to leave. They may experience:

- Threat or actual physical harm
- Restricted movement or confinement
- Debt bondage, i.e., working to pay off a debt or loan; often the victim is paid very little or nothing for their services because of deductions
- Withholding of pay or excessive reductions
- Withholding of documents e.g. passport
- Threat of revealing to authorities an irregular immigration status
- Their employer is unable to produce required documents when asked
- Poor or non-existent health and safety standards
- Requirement to pay for tools
- Imposed accommodation (and deductions made for it)
- Pay that is less than minimum wage
- Dependence on employer for services
- No access to employment contract
- Excessive work hours and/or few breaks

When a person in a position of power or trust, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm, or risk of harm to a child. You may notice a child that is:

- Often missing or truant from class
- Secretive
- Has unexplained money/presents
- Experimenting with drugs/alcohol
- Associating with/being groomed by older people (not in normal networks)
- In relationships with significantly older people
- Taking part in social activities with no plausible explanation
- Seen entering or leaving vehicles with unknown adults
- Showing evidence of physical/sexual assault (including STD’s)
- Showing signs of low self image/self harm/eating disorder

The person is recruited and forced/deceived into conducting some form of criminal activity such as pickpocketing, begging, cannabis cultivation, and benefit fraud. Same indicators as forced labor, but for cannabis cultivation you may also notice:

- Windows of property are permanently covered from the inside
- Visits to property are at unusual times
- Property may be residential
- Unusual noises coming from the property, i.e., machinery
- Pungent smells coming from the property

A denial of freedom; this includes the obligation to provide certain services and the obligation to live on another person's property without the possibility of changing those circumstances. They may:

- Be living and working for a family in a private home
- Not be eating with the rest of the family
- Have no bedroom or proper sleeping place
- Have no private space
- Be forced to work excessive hours; on call 24 hours a day
- Never leave the house without the “employer”
- Be malnourished
- Be reported as missing or accused of crime by their “employer” if they try to escape