Counter-Trafficking Resources
The counter-trafficking in persons resources below include materials from DOT's Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking (TLAHT) initiative, DOT's Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking, and additional domestic and international collaborative documents.
- DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg
- Federal Highway Administration: Administrator Shailen Bhatt
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Administrator Robin Hutcheson
- Federal Railroad Administration: Administrator Amit Bose
- Federal Transit Administration: Administrator Nuria Fernandez
- Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation: Administrator Adam Tindall-Schlicht
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: Deputy Administrator Tristan Brown
DOT’s 55,000 employees are trained to recognize and report human trafficking every three years with tailored trainings for bus and truck inspectors. The Department's multimodal training for transportation employees and the traveling public was developed in coordination with lived experience experts, partners, and transportation stakeholders. The Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) training for aviation industry personnel has been delivered to over 350,000 aviation employees.
- Campaigns
- Sample Outreach Materials
- Guides
- A Comprehensive Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking in the Transportation Sector Within APEC Economies, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Transportation Working Group, 2022
- A Comprehensive Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking in the Aviation Sector, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2023 (forthcoming)
- Federal
- State/Territory
REPORT A TIP
| Emergency | 911 |
| National Human Trafficking Hotline | 1-888-373-7888 Text INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733) |
| Homeland Security Investigations Tip Line | 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) |