FBI Las Vegas Launches Anti-Trafficking Campaign

The FBI's Las Vegas Field Office on Thursday unveiled a new campaign designed to raise awareness about human trafficking. Working with Clear Channel Outdoor, the bureau has established a display that will run on 10 area electronic billboards for at least the next year.

"Human trafficking We'll listen. We'll help." says the message which is next to a picture of a woman's mouth being covered by a man's hand.

There is then a phone number for people to call.

The billboards will appear in English, Spanish, and Chinese and alternate among the 56 area locations controlled by Clear Channel Outdoor. (For more information on this and other Las Vegas stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

At a press conference, the special agent in charge of the Las Vegas Field Office of the FBI, Aaron Rouse, said that 70 percent of victims are trafficked for prostitution and the rest or labor.

Last year, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police recovered more than 100 children who were the victims of trafficking.

Photo via the Las Vegas Field Office of the FBI