In December 2024, Fabbian Scott of Texas was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a tip to the National Human Trafficking Hotline led to his arrest and conviction.
In 2021, a concerned caller reported suspected trafficking activity to the Hotline. The Hotline immediately alerted law enforcement, who interviewed witnesses and located two 16-year-old girls. Scott had exploited both minors, using their photos in online ads to arrange exchanges of commercial sex across multiple cities and states.
Scott was arrested shortly thereafter and later convicted of trafficking in persons younger than 18.
This case underscores the critical role the National Human Trafficking Hotline plays in connecting survivors to vital services, supporting access to justice, and identifying and disrupting trafficking operations.
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National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call 1-888-373-7888 | Text 233733 (BEFREE) | Live Chat | TTY: 711
The National Human Trafficking Hotline connects individuals who have experienced human trafficking with critical support services that help them stay safe. People who have experienced trafficking, those who have concerns about someone they know, or those who believe they have witnessed a trafficking situation can communicate with a trained specialist for support, safety planning, crisis intervention, and urgent and non-urgent referrals.
Since 2007, the National Human Trafficking Hotline has responded to 1.5 million calls, texts, and chat messages. 90,000 of those contacts were directly from potential victims of trafficking. The Hotline has provided more than 168,000 referrals to services and reported more 32,000 tips of potential human trafficking situations to law enforcement.
Additional Resources:
- Infographic: Technology-Facilitated Human Trafficking (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Trafficking in Persons, 2022)
- Human-Centered Approach to Technology to Combat Human Trafficking (U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 2022)
- Online Sexual Exploitation of Children: An Alarming Trend (U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, 2017)