The Carpinteria City Council designated January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month to raise awareness around the heinous crime that is more prevalent in Santa Barbara County than most residents realize.
Tiffany Carty, Victim Witness Program Supervisor with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, accepted a proclamation from the City Council and noted that, “People often think about human trafficking being something that happens out there in larger cities without realizing that our neighbors, friends, students and at risk youth in our own backyards are frequently exposed to the pain of this trauma.”
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs in every state. Victims are forced to work in various forms of labor exploitation including, but not limited to, commercial sex acts and other services that are induced through force, fraud or coercion.
Members of the public are invited to participate in the Vigil for Survivors on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m. at De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara.
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