Human trafficking is considered one of the most profitable criminal enterprises worldwide, generating roughly $150 billion each year.
Given that massive challenge, the anti-trafficking ministry Helping Captives is on a mission to serve trafficked women across the U.S. by providing opportunities for freedom and safety through prevention, intervention, and recovery services.
“A lot of times they’re on fentanyl, heroin, meth, they’ve been abused five to ten times a day, and they need emergency stabilization care, and that’s what we focus on, and that’s what we specialize in,” Founder and CEO Caleb Altmeyer told CBN News.
The Spokane, Washington-based group has rescued more than 400 trafficking victims.
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Altmeyer launched the ministry after learning from a friend how extensive trafficking had become.
“Our neighbor girl that was like a babysitter to me growing up came over to our house and told us her real story 20 years later and she had been trafficked by her parents from the age six and it just shocked our family,” explained Altmeyer.
In 2017, the ministry’s first safe house opened. It was a move that proved more intense than expected.
“When we got into this, it was a lot more extreme than we thought,” said Altmeyer. “And we need to have professional staff. We need to have people that were experts in their field, experts in mental health, experts in helping people get off of drugs. We thought we were going to help maybe two or three women if we found them. We had 21 women go through our house in nine months.”
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