Human trafficking may seem like something that only happens somewhere far away, but it happens right here in Indiana and elsewhere in the Midwest. Human trafficking is different from smuggling (moving people) because trafficking involves exploitation. Come learn more about human trafficking and what airports can do to help stop it

Johnson, Mary E

Laux, Chad

Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C.

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Human Trafficking and Air TransportationMary E. Johnson, PhDSchool of Aviation and Transportation Technology105th Purdue Road SchoolMarch 6, 2019Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar, PhDChad Laux, PhDComputer and Information TechnologyHuman trafficking may seem like something that only happens somewhere far away, but it happens right here in Indiana and elsewhere in the Midwest. Human trafficking is different from smuggling. Smuggling is moving people; trafficking is exploiting people.  Learn more about human trafficking and what airports can do to help stop it.• Raise Awareness• Potential Role for Airports“The aviation industry is one of the primary modes of transportation utilized by traffickers, making it a likely for airline personnel to come face to face with victims or perpetrators. ”https://www.icao.int/safety/airnavigation/OPS/CabinSafety/Pages/Trafficking-in-Persons.aspx“…a crime involving the exploitation of someone for the purposes of compelled labor or a commercial sex act through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.”   FAA, InFO19002“…the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.” United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$32 BILLION a year Tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world(drugs are number 1). “This should scare the hell out of each and every one of us. For some reason, it doesn't.”https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/reading-between-the-headlines/201304/human-trafficking-in-america$150 Billion/year in profits Fastest growing criminal enterprise20.9 million victims worldwide https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/trafficking-numbers.png $$$Adults and children may be involved in • 68% in Labor Traffickingagriculture, construction, domestic work,manufacturing, mining, …• 22% in Sex Trafficking• 10% in State-imposed labor, military or paramilitary forceshttps://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/trafficking-numbers.pnghttps://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/files/ht%20report%202016.pdfhttps://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/files/ht%20report%202016.pdfTrafficked Youth in Indiana in 2016 reported by service providersCompiled from https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/indiana2017https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/indianahttp://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info An InFO contains valuable information for operators that should help them meet certain administrative, regulatory, or operational requirements with relatively low urgency or impact on safety. … InFO 16019 was published to provide information to part 121 and 135 operators on the new training requirements. This new section expands the human trafficking training requirement to an additional employee group and requires that “each air carrier shall provide training to ticket counter agents, gate agents, and other air carrier workers whose jobs require regular interaction with passengers on recognizing and responding to potential human trafficking victims.” https://www.globalreporting.org/Documents/ResourceArchives/GRI-G4-Airport-Operators-Sector-Disclosures.pdfGRI Sustainability StandardsSocial SustainabilityGRI 409 Forced or Compulsory LaborAirport Sector Guidancehttps://www.transportation.gov/stophumantraffickinghttps://www.transportation.gov/TLAHThttps://www.transportation.gov/TLAHTBlue Lightning Initiative (BLI) BLI trains aviation personnel to:• identify potential traffickers and human trafficking victims, • report their suspicions to federal law enforcement. The BLI training includes common indicators of human trafficking that aviation employees may encounter, and provides aviation employees with in-flight and on the ground methods to report suspected trafficking to law enforcement officers.”https://www.transportation.gov/stophumantraffickinghttps://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/subdoc/261/tlaht-indicators-flyer-dot.pdfhttps://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/subdoc/261/tlaht-indicators-flyer-dot.pdf• Training• Public Awareness• Community Engagement• Information for Victim• Engagement with Agencies• Engagement with Airlines• Corporate Responsibility• Advocacy and Other Local Entities https://store.aci.aero/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ACI-Human-Trafficking-Report_Digital-version.pdfhttps://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/en/v3/htms/index.html Human Trafficking Knowledge Portalhttps://www.transportation.gov/stophumantrafficking US DOT Human Traffickinghttp://www.missingkids.com/home National Center for Missing and Exploiting Childrenhttps://aci.aero/services/member-tools-to-combat-human-and-wildlife-trafficking/human-trafficking/ Airports Council Internationalhttps://store.aci.aero/form/combatting-human-trafficking-handbook/ Combatting Human Trafficking Handbook 2019https://www.icao.int/safety/airnavigation/OPS/CabinSafety/Pages/Trafficking-in-Persons.aspx ICAO Trafficking in Personshttp://www.missingkids.com/home IATA Human Traffickinghttp://www.unodc.org/blueheart/en/about-us.html UNODC Blue Heart CampaignNational, state, and local law enforcement Other airports such as Heathrow, O’Hare, Columbus (OH)Mary E. 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