Training to Counter Human Trafficking

Combating Human Trafficking in the Transportation Sector Awareness Training

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s 55,000 employees are trained every 2 years to recognize and report human trafficking.

The Department's Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking (TLAHT) multimodal training for transportation employees and the traveling public was developed in coordination with lived experience experts, partners, and transportation stakeholders. 

The TLAHT training is 20 minutes in length and is comprised of three lessons:

1. What is Human Trafficking?
2. Human Trafficking Indicators in the Transportation Sector
3. Reporting Suspected Human Trafficking

Watch the Training

Watch the TLAHT training, which is available in English and Spanish:

• Combating Human Trafficking in the Transportation Sector Awareness Training (English)
• Capacitación Para Crear Conciencia Sobre La Lucha Contra La Trata De Personas En El Sector Del Transporte (Spanish)

Blue Lightning Initiative Training

The U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) trains aviation industry personnel to identify potential traffickers and human trafficking victims and to report their suspicions to federal law enforcement.

The BLI training is 25 minutes in length and is comprised of four lessons:

1. What is Human Trafficking?
2. Indicators of Human Trafficking Activity
3. Reporting Suspected Human Trafficking
4. Indicator Challenge

Learn more about the DOT/DHS Blue Lightning Initiative Training for the aviation industry.

To access the BLI training module, contact trafficking@dot.gov and BlueCampaign@hsi.dhs.gov.  Participation is open to aviation industry organizations including airlines, airports, associations, training institutes, university aviation departments, and aviation companies.