January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and people can learn about its effects and ways to prevent it when the Ocean County Library’s Toms River branch presents “Human Trafficking 101,” on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m.

Susan Flynn of the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking will describe how it became one of the world’s largest criminal enterprises locally and globally, who is impacted, how to safeguard against it and what people can do to raise awareness.