January is Human-Trafficking Awareness Month and this infographic highlights key court data related to human trafficking. Over the past five years, 1,235 human-trafficking offenses were filed on 366 cases.

Human trafficking is a type of human rights abuse where people profit from the exploitation of others – mainly using force, fraud or coercion to manipulate victims into engaging in sex acts or labor/services in exchange for something of value.

The infographic includes the total number of human-trafficking cases and offenses over the last five years, defendant demographics and the top 10 counties with the highest number human-trafficking offenses.