In the past decade, truckers have made more than 2,000 calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, helping to generate more than 600 likely cases and potentially identify more than 1,000 victims, according to Truckers Against Trafficking.
It’s a call to action that seems to be working. “That curriculum is critical in advancing the anti-trafficking movement,” Caroline Diemar, director of the National Human Trafficking Hotline, said.
Once a call is made, Diemar’s team in Washington, D.C., assesses the situation and connects the caller with the appropriate resource, which could include a legal service, mental health provider, or a shelter. In situations with imminent harm or a minor, they will report the case to law enforcement. “They saw something and they said something,” she said. “So I can just speak from personal experience that it’s so important for people to make these reports. You may never know what happens, but just like in my case, that’s how I was able to get out. That neighbor literally saved my life.”The concept of “See something, say something” is familiar to truckers, according to Mike Jimenez, who owns J&L Transportation.
“It is more discreet,” Diemar said. “It allows for more flexibility and maybe even a little more anonymity than a phone call does.” Sprowel said he used to see and hear many of the signs mentioned in TAT’s video, but he used to think it was just prostitution, not realizing that these women might in fact be victims, answering to a trafficker.
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