Truckers Against Trafficking’s Laura Cyrus shares red flags truck drivers can be on the lookout for that might indicate human trafficking.
Truckers used as ‘eyes and ears’ to assist law enforcement.
This week: the transportation industry supports Truckers Against Trafficking, J.B. Hunt drivers donate school supplies to their kids’ teachers and Mayor Pete gets a bobblehead.
The owner of a small Delaware-based trucking company described his driver, who was recently arrested and charged with holding a woman captive in his truck for nearly eight months, as “religious” and “a nice guy.”
Recruiting, cybersecurity and human trafficking were major discussion topics at this year’s conference in Dallas.
Truck drivers Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillion, South Carolina, and Pierre Washington, 35, of Chicago, have been charged in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme.
Lured by the promise of better pay and the American dream, some foreign drivers found themselves trapped in an alleged human-trafficking scheme.
“A lot of truck drivers, just like law enforcement, don’t understand that girls in these types of situations are usually not there by their own will; there’s usually someone else behind the scenes compelling them to do it,” said Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar.
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Freight haulers across transport modes join effort to raise awareness.
Parcel drivers join long-haul colleagues in training to bolster community safety.
U.K. police are investigating whether human trafficking gangs were behind the deaths after 25-year old driver is arrested on suspicion of murder.
The owner of an Arkansas-based trucking company has been charged with rape, patronizing a victim of human trafficking and sexual indecency with a child, according to police records.
Those convicted will be banned for life from obtaining a CDL.
Human Trafficking is a big problem. One way to help fix it: recruit the eyes and ears of 3.5 million truckers.
To meet the new requirement through Truckers Against Trafficking’s online course, drivers will need to watch a 26-minute video, then complete a 15-question quiz.
Human trafficking is a serious problem in the U.S., and TAT is training truckers to identify victims and act as a disruptive force against human traffickers.
NATSO was invited by the House Committee on Homeland Security to discuss the insidious and pervasive issue of human trafficking.
Toyota announced it is building a megawatt Tri-Gen hydrogen plant in California. The plant will produce hydrogen using renewable sources and will provide fuel for its Project Portal Class 8 hydrogen truck.
The United States Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has turned its attention to the trucking industry in a concerted effort to stop human trafficking, The Hill reports. A pair of bipartisan bills have been approved targeting the role trucking plays in trafficking.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has opened a new 144,000-square-foot corporate building in Lowell, Ark. The new building grows J.B. Hunt’s headquarters to over 494,000 square feet.
Justin McDaniel’s custom truck shop, Outlaw Iron, has been dealing with a lot of “sarcastic comments and a lot of negative comments” since Sunday when a truck the company sold was found to be carrying illegal immigrants in the trailer, 10 of whom died.
Eight people were found dead this morning inside a trailer after a call by a Walmart employee directed authorities to the tractor-trailer. Police found a total of 38 people inside the trailer, 30 seriously injured.
