Montanans can help law enforcement stop human trafficking

Human trafficking is not just a big city problem – it’s happening right here in Montana.

Which is why, during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, I’m encouraging Montanans to learn the signs of human trafficking and report it if they see it.

If folks don’t know what it is and how to report it, they can’t help us stop it.

Let’s call human trafficking what it is: modern-day slavery. Traffickers—often organized criminal enterprises—are profiting at the expense of adults and children who are forced to perform labor or engage in commercial sex. It’s a heinous crime.

Since my administration...