Human Trafficking Training

Human trafficking training is a type of education that teaches individuals how to recognize and respond to human trafficking situations. It may include information on the different forms of human trafficking, how to identify potential victims, and how to support survivors of trafficking. Human trafficking training is often provided by law enforcement agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other groups that work to combat trafficking. It is important for a wide range of individuals and professionals, such as law enforcement officers, healthcare providers, and social workers, to have this training in order to effectively address the issue of human trafficking.

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Texas Governor Signs Preemption Bill, CROWN Act, and Other Legislation into Law | JD Supra
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Texas Governor Signs Preemption Bill, CROWN Act, and Other Legislation into Law | JD Supra

The Texas legislature meets only for approximately six months every other year. This session, many bills signed into law impact employers. This article summarizes some of these new laws and how they impact employment operations in the State of Texas. State Preemption of Conflicting Local Laws (AKA the “Death Star Law”) Traditionally, Texas cities had…

More Than One Million Anti-Human Trafficking Trainings Completed by Hotel Industry Employees
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More Than One Million Anti-Human Trafficking Trainings Completed by Hotel Industry Employees

WASHINGTON, DC – The AHLA Foundation proudly announced today that Foundation-funded human trafficking awareness trainings have been completed more than one million times by hotel employees across the industry. Developed by Marriott International and administered by PACT (previously known as ECPAT-USA), the trainings are part of an industry-wide initiative to help hotel employees recognize and…

Lawrenceville Police Department to offer human trafficking training classes
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Lawrenceville Police Department to offer human trafficking training classes

The Lawrenceville Police Department will partner with Street Grace and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to provide the community and law enforcement officers the opportunity to take a human trafficking training class on August 8 or August 15. According to a social media post from the department, the class will focus on signs of Human…

AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking – Asian Hospitality AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking
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AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking – Asian Hospitality AAHOA supports enhanced reporting to end human trafficking

AAHOA IS ENDORSING passage of the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act that aims to improve reporting of suspected human and sex trafficking. The association also will continue training its 20,000 members to prevent and intercept trafficking in their hotels. The National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act would require entities that contract with the National…

Mother, daughter racially profiled on Southwest Airlines flight to Denver, lawsuit alleges
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Mother, daughter racially profiled on Southwest Airlines flight to Denver, lawsuit alleges

DENVER — When Denver7 last checked in with Mary MacCarthy and her daughter nearly two years ago, they were still reeling from what happened after a Southwest Airlines flight to Denver. “We land at DIA. We cross from the plane onto the jet bridge, and we are immediately surrounded by two armed police,” MacCarthy told…

Port of Seattle Commission President Sam Cho Appointed to DOT Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking – HS Today
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Port of Seattle Commission President Sam Cho Appointed to DOT Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking – HS Today

Port of Seattle Commission President Sam Cho has been appointed by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to the Transportation Department’s Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking (ACHT). This appointment elevates the Port of Seattle’s efforts to combat human trafficking to the national level. The 15-member ACHT is chartered to create a triennial counter-trafficking report with recommendations…

AAHOA Backs Best Practices, Enhanced Reporting Requirements to End Human Trafficking
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AAHOA Backs Best Practices, Enhanced Reporting Requirements to End Human Trafficking

ATLANTA, Ga. – Hotels and motels are on the front lines of preventing and intercepting human sex and labor trafficking. AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association), the largest hotel owners association in the world, has been working with its 20,000 members to promote awareness and prevention strategies for trafficking. As the owners of 34,000 hotels…

A closer look at Virginia’s new protections for human trafficking victims
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A closer look at Virginia’s new protections for human trafficking victims

NORFOLK, Va. — Olivia, a human trafficking survivor now living in Hampton Roads, said she was trafficked at 18-years-old. “I first started getting trafficked when I was living on a park bench, said Olivia. “I was 18 years old. I probably could have went home, my mom probably would have took me back, but I…

Center for Prevention of Abuse seeing increased demand for human trafficking trainings
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Center for Prevention of Abuse seeing increased demand for human trafficking trainings

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The popular movie Sound of Freedom is raising awareness about human trafficking here at home. Carol Merna, CEO of Center for Prevention of Abuse, said they have received more requests for human trafficking presentations and anticipates they will get more due the film’s popularity. “The movie is an attention getter and…

Nonprofit leaders address human trafficking realities amid ‘Sound of Freedom’ success | The Alabama Baptist
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Nonprofit leaders address human trafficking realities amid ‘Sound of Freedom’ success | The Alabama Baptist

“Sound of Freedom,” a movie about a mission to rescue children from human trafficking, has become a box office hit. Touted as based on a true story, the film is the story of Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent and founder of an anti-trafficking organization, Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit that exists “to rescue children…