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The UP's first sex trafficking transitional home
CREATED & DIRECTED BY FELLOW U.P. NATIVES WHO UNDERSTAND OUR NORTHERN CULTURE
CREATED & DIRECTED BY FELLOW U.P. NATIVES WHO UNDERSTAND OUR NORTHERN CULTURE
Welcome to the Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force (UPHTTF)! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works tirelessly to protect communities while preventing and prosecuting human trafficking crimes in Marquette and the rest of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan.
The UPHTTF has members from the Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations, several UP law enforcement agencies, tribal communities, and social service providers. They are unified in taking a stand against the violent crimes of trafficking in persons (TIP).
To learn more about what we do, please click the “Click Now” button bellow:
MISSION STATEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
Building and maintaining a collaborative effort in combatting the human trafficking problem in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with a victim-centered, trauma-informed, and multidisciplinary approach.
To achieve the mission,
we set forth the following goals:
- Identify victims of all forms of human trafficking.
- Investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases at the local, state, and federal levels.
- Address the victims’ individualized service needs through an array of service partner providers.
