Anti-Human Trafficking

Saved in America’s founder Joseph Travers had the pleasure of addressing a Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland and North County Anti-Human Trafficking Collaborative meeting according to North County Daily Star. This group is an international women’s organization that brings together professionals and business women to improve the lives of girls and women throughout their local communities and all over the world. As a guest at their event, Travers explained the dangerous reality many women and girls face as it relates to the human trafficking industry. Travers explained to the group how SIA had rescued girls from the industry right in San Diego and throughout America, while he explained the growth of the industry and the increased danger for girls in particular. 

Joseph Travers, Founder of SIA

US Navy Veteran Travers was a co-founder of Saved in America and used past law enforcement and military experience to form this organization that today is made up of highly skilled operatives who are all licensed private investigators with either law enforcement or military training.  In addition to this time serving the country in the Navy, Travers also served as the Criminal Investigations and Police Training Supervisor and was also the Police Commissioner for the City of Oceanside in California. This has given him a unique knowledge base to work with that simply isn’t that common and allows him to create a group of professionals who are collectively committed to fighting back against the human trafficking industry. In addition to all this industry experience that makes him ideal for the job at hand, Travers is also a Pastor for the National Christian Information Center and feels it’s his way of serving God— in part— to fight back against the evils of this industry. 

Human Trafficking Impacting Girls

As this organization is a female-backed and supported group, the fact that girls are largely victimized within the human trafficking industry shouldn’t be discounted. This should sound the alarm that our girls are not as safe as we might have thought even in their own homes as traffickers use grooming on social media and have even placed recruiters in schools. This means the evil of the industry is all over and can end up impacting families of all types, people of all races, and from all backgrounds. However, it does impact girls far more often than boys.