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Truckers Work to Drive Out Human Trafficking
"They call themselves the Vigilante Truckers. Owner Bo Quickel tells News 19, "I want to end slavery, so in order to end slavery, I have to focus 100 percent on the demand."
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Truckers Against Trafficking: AG enlists road warriors to battle illegal sex trade
Truckers Against Trafficking: AG enlists road warriors to battle illegal sex trade
Dylan Woolf Harris/Elko Daily Free Press
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, left, listens as Paul Enos,
chief executive officer of the Nevada Trucking Association explains the
Truckers Against Trafficking campaign Wednesday at Western States
Propane for a forum against human trafficking.
7 hours ago •
Dylan Woolf Harris/Elko Daily Free Press
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, left, listens as Paul Enos,
chief executive officer of the Nevada Trucking Association explains the
Truckers Against Trafficking campaign Wednesday at Western States
Propane for a forum against human trafficking.
7 hours ago •
ELKO — Joining police and prosecutors, a new group of Nevadans is stepping up the fight against sex trafficking: truckers.
The Nevada Trucking Association is asking its members to be the “eyes and ears of the road” in hopes of saving someone from captivity.
Truck drivers travel main freeways that connect commerce from city to city. Those same roads are traveled by criminals in illegal trades: trafficking drugs, weapons or humans held against their will.
Truck drivers are also propositioned directly; truck stops are known to be frequented by prostitutes, said Paul Enos, Nevada Trucking Association chief executive officer.
“A lot of our drivers thought that those people who were knocking on the door to their cabs were in a voluntary situation,” Enos said. “What came to our attention is that a lot of those people who are working the truck stops or working big events, they’re being forced into sex trafficking.
“Because our drivers are in their cabs, on the highways, out in the truck stops, they have the ability to see a lot of these things, so we felt it was incumbent on us to educate our members so they could educate their drivers on the signs of what to look for if they think somebody is being held against their will and being sex trafficked,” he said.
The Nevada Trucking Association is asking members to show a video during safety training or orientation that outlines the problem of sex trafficking and how they can help stop it.
Enos said the campaign might also give a truck driver pause before he decides to have sex with a prostitute.
In a forum hosted by local business Western States Propane, General Attorney Catherine Cortez Masto commended the association for its “Truckers Against Trafficking” campaign.
Masto, who stopped in Elko to participate in the forum and later spoke at the Soroptimist lunch on the topic of sex trafficking, sponsored a bill that passed the 2013 legislative session aimed at combating human trafficking.
The bill establishes sex trafficking as a criminal offense, makes victims eligible for assistance and allows victims to sue their traffickers.
Pandering — commonly referred to as pimping — is already illegal, as is prostitution outside of licensed brothels. Sex trafficking is more organized, Masto said, with force as an element of the crime.
“Our first step is the training that’s necessary,” she said. Her office is organizing a law enforcement and prosecution training.
Deputy District Attorney Tyler Ingram said young victims are unlike victims or witnesses in other cases. He said expert training would be beneficial in the event that a sex trafficking case makes it to a jury trial.
Training will also help law officers identify victims of a crime often “hidden in plain sight,” according to the attorney general’s office.
Signs that someone is a victim of sex trafficking include seemingly scripted or rehearsed responses in social interaction, lack of official identification, living at place of employment, or being forced to be quiet or kept separate from other people.
“I didn’t know that we had a problem with those issues,” Julie Kraus said after the forum. “I think it’s great that the attorney general is taking the time to educate the public so we can help stop it.”
Kraus owns Western States Propane with her husband Mike.
Police Chief Don Zumwalt said although the City of Elko doesn’t have a truck stop where prostitutes approach truckers, that doesn’t mean illegal prostitution isn’t an issue.
“We’ve talked a lot about human trafficking in our legal prostitution area,” he said.
In the past, he said, city councilmen expressed concern after a brothel worker came before the council. Because she didn’t speak English, the prostitute could not communicate her age or whether she was willfully employed as a prostitute.
A national human trafficking resource center hotline can be called toll-free to report suspected trafficking at 1-888-373-7888.
More information can be found on the attorney general’s website at ag.nv.gov.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
TCA Joins Fight to End Human Trafficking - News - TruckingInfo.com
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May 20, 2013
Source: TruckingInfo.com
May 20, 2013
The Truckload Carriers Association has formed a partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking, a nonprofit organization that educates, equips, empowers, and mobilizes members of the trucking and truck plaza industries to combat domestic sex trafficking.
Speaking at the organization’s Safety & Security Division Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, TCA President Chris Burruss announced that TCA is already making full use of its Truckload Academy On-demand education and training platform to prepare drivers and others to recognize and report such heinous activities.
Sex or human “trafficking”—a term for modern-day slavery—has been reported in all 50 states. The Department of Justice estimates that anywhere between 100,000 to 300,000 of America's children are at risk of entering the sex for sale industry every year. Trafficking often occurs where young girls, and sometimes boys, can be easily moved from city to city and forced to engage in commercial sex along the way.
TCA has developed a test that all interested parties (not just truck drivers) can take to obtain the designation Certified Trucker Against Trafficking, or CTAT. The questions are based on a half-hour video that outlines the scope of the human trafficking problem and what to do when someone encounters it.
Sex or human “trafficking”—a term for modern-day slavery—has been reported in all 50 states. The Department of Justice estimates that anywhere between 100,000 to 300,000 of America's children are at risk of entering the sex for sale industry every year. Trafficking often occurs where young girls, and sometimes boys, can be easily moved from city to city and forced to engage in commercial sex along the way.
TCA has developed a test that all interested parties (not just truck drivers) can take to obtain the designation Certified Trucker Against Trafficking, or CTAT. The questions are based on a half-hour video that outlines the scope of the human trafficking problem and what to do when someone encounters it.
There is no cost to become certified, and everything is available through TAO (www.truckload.org/TAO). The training and testing also will be offered on-site at the Great American Trucking Show, Aug. 22-24, 2013, in Dallas, Texas.
Additionally, TCA will ensure that its member companies have access to TAT materials, which include awareness posters that can be hung in company break rooms and wallet cards that promote the National Human Trafficking Hotline: (888) 373-7888. These items are available in English, Spanish, and French Canadian. When suspicious activity is spotted, a simple phone call to this number could help authorities rescue an enslaved victim.
TCA stresses that anyone who wants to help end human trafficking can get CTAT certified; it is not necessary to be a truck driver or a TCA member. However, it is hoped that the trucking industry can set an example for other industries so they will get involved with the program. With millions of people making a living through trucking in some way, there is much potential for closing loopholes to traffickers who victimize both women and children along our nation's highways.
For more information about Truckers Against Trafficking, please visitwww.TruckersAgainstTrafficking.org.
Additionally, TCA will ensure that its member companies have access to TAT materials, which include awareness posters that can be hung in company break rooms and wallet cards that promote the National Human Trafficking Hotline: (888) 373-7888. These items are available in English, Spanish, and French Canadian. When suspicious activity is spotted, a simple phone call to this number could help authorities rescue an enslaved victim.
TCA stresses that anyone who wants to help end human trafficking can get CTAT certified; it is not necessary to be a truck driver or a TCA member. However, it is hoped that the trucking industry can set an example for other industries so they will get involved with the program. With millions of people making a living through trucking in some way, there is much potential for closing loopholes to traffickers who victimize both women and children along our nation's highways.
For more information about Truckers Against Trafficking, please visitwww.TruckersAgainstTrafficking.org.
Monday, October 8, 2012
ATA Joins with National Organization to Combat Human Trafficking -- LAS VEGAS, Oct. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ata-joins-with-national-organization-to-combat-human-trafficking-173039601.html
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations announced this week that it has joined together with Truckers Against Trafficking to raise awareness about human trafficking among professional truck drivers and the trucking industry and educate them on how they can help fight against the crime.
"There are over 3.1 million truck drivers who travel over 408 billion miles each year," said ATA Chairman Dan England, chairman of C.R. England Inc., Salt Lake City. "We are asking our motor carriers to include this important information in their training programs and to work with their customers and communities to help combat the problem. These professionals are the eyes and ears of the nation's highways, and with knowledge and guidance, they can make a big difference and save lives."
By joining with TAT, ATA hopes to not only raise awareness of this problem, but to educate the industry on what to look for if they suspect a human trafficking incident, what specific information is needed for local law enforcement and to how to report any suspicions.
"As we travel the country we see a lot of different things, from cars in distress on the side of the highway to distracted driving," said America's Road Team Captain Dion Saiz. "Professional drivers like me have a family and want everyone to be safe. Whether it is being safe around trucks or in this case being in a safe environment, we'll do what we can to help end human trafficking."
The Department of Justice estimates between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at risk every year to traffickers in the United States and that many children, teens and young women are sold into the sex trade.
"Traffickers are continually moving their victims from place to place, for a variety of reasons, along our nation's highways and roads," said Kendis Paris, national director of Truckers Against Trafficking. "They 'sell' their victims at truck stops, travel plazas and rest stops, because they're convenient; transient populations frequent them who are less likely to "rescue" the victims; they have to use them anyway to buy gas and eat; and it's easy money and a good way to break in their victims for other things."
A number of ATA affiliates already work closely with TAT, including state trucking associations in California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada and Wisconsin.
TAT provides a number of resources for the industry, including a wallet card with guidelines and a telephone number to call. They provide a training DVD, webinars and other outreach materials.
The national trafficking hotline number is 1-888-373-7888.
TAT is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to educating, equipping, empowering and mobilizing the trucking industry to fight human trafficking. Its resources include a website, a trucking-industry-specific training DVD, webinars, posters, speakers/trainers and more. More information is available at www.truckersagainsttrafficking.com.
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SOURCE American Trucking Associations
Monday, June 11, 2012
TheTrucker.com - America's Trucking Newspaper
http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2012/6/11/Iowa80Truckstopjoinsfightagainsthumantrafficking.aspx
Professional drivers are encouraged to pick up a TAT wallet card at Iowa 80 Truckstop, which provides red flags to look for if trafficking is suspected, specific information to note for law enforcement and the national hotline number to call with the tip.
Source: The Trucker News Services
6/11/2012
6/11/2012
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop, has joined forces with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) to raise awareness about human trafficking among professional drivers and expand its employee training program with regard to this issue.
“The management of Iowa 80 Truckstop has taken a very studied approach to human trafficking and has concluded Iowa 80, as a prominent organization in the trucking industry, can play a pivotal role in the fight against this crime,” commented Kendis Paris, TAT national director. “We are thrilled to have them on board with TAT.”
Professional drivers are encouraged to pick up a TAT wallet card at Iowa 80 Truckstop, which provides red flags to look for if trafficking is suspected, specific information to note for law enforcement and the national hotline number to call with the tip.
Iowa 80 Truckstop also now includes general training about human trafficking and TAT resource materials to all company employees.
"We have always trained our employees to be aware of people in our facility who may need assistance,” said Delia Moon Meier, Iowa 80 Truckstop senior vice president. “Our employees, customers and business partners can all play a role in helping those who need it and save lives.”
She continued, “We’re proud to support TAT’s work and do our part to end human trafficking. The trucking industry is full of caring people who we believe can make a real difference."
TAT is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to educating, equipping, empowering and mobilizing the trucking industry to fight human trafficking. Its resources include a website, a trucking-industry-specific training DVD, webinars, posters, speakers/trainers and more. More information is available at www.truckersagainsttrafficking.com.
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