Pipelines Resources to Counter Human Trafficking

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Survivors of human trafficking report being subjected to the crime through all modes of transport, including at pipeline worksites. Human traffickers recruit, transport, and exploit their victims via these modes of transportation in urban and rural communities.

This page offers information, training, printable materials, graphics, and resources for pipeline transportation personnel to counter human trafficking.

Indicators of Human Trafficking in the Pipeline Sector

As a pipeline sector employee, you play a critical role in preventing, recognizing, and reporting suspected instances of human trafficking in and around pipeline-related sites.

Learn the signs or indicators of human trafficking, which can be observed in and around rights-of-way, construction areas, and access roads

Initiatives and Training

Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking (TLAHT) initiative is comprised of transportation and travel industry stakeholders working jointly to maximize their collective impact in combating human trafficking. TLAHT offers a 20-minute multimodal training video for transportation employees and the traveling public. Access TLAHT’s multimodal human trafficking awareness training.

Awareness Materials and Resources

Download, share, and display posters, pocket cards, social media graphics, and other graphics to help spread the message on how to identify and report suspected instances of human trafficking. Posters and social media graphics include a QR code that links to the TLAHT awareness campaign page. We request that users sign the TLAHT pledge to utilize the materials.