TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING
PO BOX 816, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80151 www.truckersagainsttrafficking.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING (TAT) EXISTS TO EDUCATE, EQUIP, EMPOWER AND MOBILIZE MEMBERS OF THE TRUCKING, BUS AND ENERGY INDUSTRIES TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

THE INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM IS TAT'S CORE PROGRAM THAT DRIVES THE BIGGEST IMPACT BY TRAINING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDUSTRY MEMBERS ABOUT THE REALITIES OF DOMESTIC SEX TRAFFICKING AND HOW THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY CAN COMBAT IT. BY SPEAKING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UTILIZING A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAM, AND VIA OUR INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC MATERIALS, TAT PARTNERS WITH THE TRUCK, BUS, AND ENERGY INDUSTRIES, AS WELL AS SHIPPERS, MANUFACTURERS AND STATE AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN ORDER TO SPREAD THE WORD. TAT REPORTED CONDUCTING 163 PRESENTATIONS, WITH THEIR TOTAL CUMULATIVE NUMBER TRAINED AS 845,115, WITH 164,962 BECOMING TAT TRAINED IN 2019. THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL CALL COUNT INTO THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE (SINCE TAT'S INCEPTION IN 2011), AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2019 WAS 2,496. THESE CALLS GENERATED 663 INCIDENCES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, INVOLVING 1230 VICTIMS. ALL 50 STATE TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS HAVE NOW PARTNERED WITH TAT. 8,952 PEOPLE TOURED THE FREEDOM DRIVERS PROJECT AT 39 EVENTS IN 25 STATES IN 2019. IN ADDITION, 76,430 MEMBERS OF THE BUS INDUSTRY REGISTERED AS BOTL (BUSING ON THE LOOKOUT) TRAINED IN 2019. 556 PEOPLE IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY, REPRESENTING 91 COMPANIES RECEIVED TRAINING AT 10 ENERGY EVENTS. AND IN 2019, TAT REPORTS 185,254 PEOPLE FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK, WITH 31,300 TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND 10,672 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.

IN ORDER TO DISCOVER AND DISRUPT HUMAN TRAFFICKING NETWORKS, TAT ENGAGES IN STATE AGENCY INITIATIVES, INSOFAR AS IT PARTNERS WITH STATE AGENCIES ACROSS THE NATION TO CONDUCT TRAININGS AND ADOPT POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS THAT CAPITALIZE ON THEIR INTERSECTIONS WITH COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SECTORS, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL VICTIMS. IN 2019, 1615 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RECEIVED TAT TRAINING THROUGH 34 TRAININGS IN 16 STATES TO 21 AGENCIES. 48 STATES HAVE ADOPTED THE IOWA MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT MODEL, IN PART OR IN WHOLE, UP FROM 40 AT THE END OF 2018. TWELVE STATES HAVE NOW MANDATED TAT TRAINING FOR ALL ENTRY-LEVEL CDL HOLDERS. IN 2019, TAT CONDUCTED 11 COALITION BUILDS IN TEN STATES, TRAINING MORE THAN 800 INDIVIDUALS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATORS, THE TRUCKING, TRUCK STOP, BUS, ENERGY AND CASINO INDUSTRIES AND NGO REPRESENTATIVES.

IN ORDER TO SCALE SUSTAINABLY, TAT IS WORKING TO REPLICATE ITS MODEL ACROSS BORDERS, MODES AND INDUSTRIES. IN 2019, TAT REPLICATED ITS MODEL INTO CANADA. IT SECURED COMMITMENTS FROM THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION TO TRAIN ITS EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENT APPLICABLE COMPONENTS OF TAT'S IOWA MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT MODEL. MOREOVER, UPS CANADA TRAINED OVER 2000 DRIVERS AND DISTRIBUTED TAT MATERIALS AT 63 LOCATIONS. PILOT FLYING J CANADA COMMITTED TO ROLLING OUT THE TRAINING AND IS NOW USING THEIR 31 LOCATIONS AS DISTRIBUTION POINTS FOR TAT MATERIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BISON TRANSPORT, THE 5TH LARGEST TRUCKING COMPANY IN CANADA COMMITTED TO TRAIN ITS DRIVERS. AS FOR TAT'S WORK IN MEXICO, IN JULY 2019, IN REPLICATION OF TAT'S MODEL, CONSEJO CIUDADANO, CREATED A 10-MINUTE TRAINING VIDEO FOR TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS ENTITLED, GUARDIANES DEL ASFALTO, WHICH SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND EQUIP THE TRUCKING, BUS AND TAXI INDUSTRIES OF MEXICO ON THE REALITIES AND SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GIVE THEM CONCRETE STEPS TO TAKE TO COMBAT THIS CRIME. IN CONSULTATION WITH TAT, THEY ALSO CREATED A WALLET CARD WITH INDICATORS OF THE CRIME.

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