The Polaris Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that administers the National Human Trafficking Hotline, regularly fails to refer tips to law enforcement for investigation, whistleblowers told the Senate Judiciary Committee, confirming an earlier complaint from a bipartisan group of state attorneys general. The Polaris Project in 2023 received $4,831,020 in government grants, according to the charity’s IRS filings.
The National Human Trafficking Hotline says that it is supported by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $5 million annually…
…Tristan Leavitt, President of Empower Oversight, the nonprofit group representing one whistleblower who remains anonymous, told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Friday that “it’s hard to say…whether it’s simply a matter of being under resourced [or] whether it’s just a matter of inattentiveness and laziness.”
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