Safety

What Roesas does not check

Identity verification confirms that somebody is who they say they are. It is not a character reference, and it does not predict how anybody will behave.

• •Roesas does not carry out criminal-record or background checks on advertisers, and does not screen them against any watchlist.
• •Roesas does not vouch for anything an advertiser says about themselves. Descriptions, services, prices and availability are written by the advertiser and are not verified.
• •Roesas has no visibility of anything that happens away from the site, and cannot supervise, mediate or intervene in it.
• •Nothing here is a guarantee of anyone’s conduct or of your safety. Roesas is not a party to whatever an advertiser and a person who contacts them decide between themselves, as the about page sets out.

Contacting an advertiser

An advertiser decides what contact information appears on their advertisement: a telephone number, an email address, social and website links, or none of these. A profile shows what that advertiser chose to put on it and nothing else. Roesas adds no contact details of its own and publishes nothing from an advertiser’s account, so a field left blank simply does not appear.

You contact an advertiser directly, using whatever they published. Roesas has no messaging between visitors and advertisers: nothing is relayed, proxied or masked through the platform, and Roesas does not store, supervise, negotiate or take any part in what you and an advertiser say to each other or agree between yourselves. A telephone call or an email goes to the advertiser, not through Roesas, and what follows is outside what Roesas can see or act on.

If something on the site is wrong

If you advertise on Roesas, your message centre reaches a person. See the contact page.

If you do not have an account, Roesas provides limited public reporting channels for platform safety concerns. You do not need an account, a login, or any relationship with Roesas to use either of them.

• Report trafficking or exploitation

  For suspected trafficking, coercion, forced labour, debt bondage, exploitation, the involvement of anybody under 18, or content published without the consent of the person in it.

• Report fake photographs or impersonation

  For photographs or profile content that appear stolen, unauthorised, or to show somebody other than the advertiser.

These are trust and safety channels for content on this platform, and nothing else. Roesas still does not publish a general enquiries address or a public support inbox, and a report sent through one of these forms does not open a support conversation. A claim that material infringes a copyright you own is a different process. See the copyright complaint page.

Reporting to Roesas is not the same as reporting to the authorities. Roesas is not an emergency service, cannot intervene in an ongoing situation, and does not decide whether a crime has occurred. If somebody is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first; the trafficking report page also lists authoritative places to report in the United States. An authorized law-enforcement agency should use the law enforcement page.

Things that may be worth reporting

These are the concerns the trafficking report form asks about. They are here so that somebody who is uneasy about a profile can see what other people have found worth mentioning.

No single sign proves that trafficking or exploitation is taking place. You do not need to be certain, and you are not being asked to investigate. Describe what you saw.

• •Somebody appears to be controlled or spoken for by another person
• •Threats, coercion, intimidation or blackmail
• •I believe somebody involved may be under 18
• •Another person appears to control their money, documents or identification
• •Forced labour or debt bondage
• •They do not appear free to leave, to stop, or to speak freely
• •Content appears to have been published without the consent of the person in it

You are not being asked to investigate anybody, to approach them, or to gather proof. Describe what you saw.

If it involves a child

If what you have seen may show a person under 18, the instructions are different, and they matter.

• •Do not download, save, screenshot, forward or re-upload the material - not to Roesas, and not anywhere else.
• •Do not attach it to a report, and do not link to a copy you have made of it.
• •Give the Roesas listing address and a factual description of what you saw. That is enough for it to be found.
• •Report it to the NCMEC CyberTipline, which is where suspected child sexual abuse material is reported in the United States. Outside the United States, contact local law enforcement.

Getting help

These are resources for people in the United States. They are independent of Roesas: contacting them is not the same as reporting to Roesas, and reporting to Roesas does not contact them for you.

• Emergency services911

  If somebody is in immediate danger, call 911. This is the only route on this page that reaches help now.

• FBI: submit a tip

  The FBI's own form for reporting federal crimes, including trafficking. Tips may be submitted anonymously.

• National Human Trafficking Hotline1-888-373-7888 · text 233733

  The national hotline for reporting suspected human trafficking and for connecting victims and survivors with services. Operated independently of Roesas and of the federal government.

• NCMEC CyberTipline1-800-843-5678

  Where suspected child sexual abuse material and the sexual exploitation of a minor are reported, run by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

• DHS Blue Campaign

  The Department of Homeland Security's public information on recognising the indicators of human trafficking, and how to report it.

In Florida

Roesas Operations LLC is a Florida company, so these state resources are listed alongside the national ones. Roesas is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for the State of Florida or any of its agencies.

• Florida Human Trafficking Hotline1-855-FLA-SAFE (1-855-352-7233)

  Operated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, for reporting suspected human trafficking in Florida involving a victim of any age.

• Florida Attorney General: human trafficking

  The Attorney General's own information on human trafficking in Florida, including the Statewide Council and its published annual reports.

• Florida Abuse Hotline1-800-96-ABUSE (1-800-962-2873)

  The Department of Children and Families hotline for reporting suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of a child or a vulnerable adult in Florida.

Outside the United States

If somebody is in immediate danger, contact the emergency services for the country they are in. Roesas cannot reach emergency services anywhere, and a report to Roesas does not reach them for you.

External reporting resources are operated by third parties. If a link is unavailable, visit the agency's official website directly.

• UNODC: human trafficking and migrant smuggling

  The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime leads on the criminal aspects of human trafficking. Information and country-level guidance, not a hotline.

• IOM: counter-trafficking

  The International Organization for Migration's counter-trafficking work, including how victims are identified and assisted. Programmes and information, not a hotline.

More

The verification page explains what the green marker on a profile means, and why a paid membership is not a verification.