US Department Of Transportation Announces New Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking
and prevent human trafficking, including new collaboration among transportation sector leaders and recognition of innovation at the state and local level.
“Transportation workers and the traveling public have a key role to play in the fight against human trafficking – which is why it’s so important for everyone to recognize the signs and be prepared to report it,” saidEveryone can learn more about the signs of human trafficking and share the National Human Trafficking Hotline — an important resource to report a tip or ask for help.
Secretary Buttigieg announced the appointment of 15 members of the DOT Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking, which includes a cross-section of stakeholders from both industry and labor, including representatives from the aviation, bus, law enforcement, maritime, port, rail, and trucking sectors. Committee members also include lived experience experts and representatives of trafficking advocacy organizations and law enforcement.
Secretary Buttigieg also announced the winner and runners up of the Department’s 2023 Combating Human Trafficking in Transportation Impact Award, which incentivizes innovative and shareable solutions to combat human trafficking in the transportation industry.Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking and the American Association of Port Authorities for their “Awareness Campaign to Help Prevent Human Trafficking in the Maritime Industry” proposal.
In addition, Secretary Buttigieg announced the release of the Department’s new Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking training for transportation employees and members of the traveling public, which highlights the intersection of human trafficking and transportation, provides general and transport-specific indicators of human trafficking, and emphasizes reporting methods.
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