Human Trafficking News Updates

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Truckers Caught Smuggling People, Drugs Face Lifetime CDL Bans

A U.S. government and Texas partnership has resulted in more than 1,000 truckers losing their CDLs permanently for smuggling people and drugs across the U.S. border with Mexico.

July 3, 2025
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Perspective: Join Trucking in Human Trafficking Battle

Driving down a road in Missouri in 2022, a family encountered a woman walking alone, disoriented and not dressed for the conditions.

January 28, 2025
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Trucker Path Adds Function for Reporting Human Trafficking

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trucker Path is making it easier for commercial truck drivers to combat human trafficking with a new reporting function in its driver routing and trip planning mobile app.

October 13, 2024
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USDOT Praises Trucking’s Efforts in New Trafficking Report

The report, three years in the making and made public on Sept. 6, lauds the trucking industry for its efforts to join the fight at high-level federal and state government agencies.

September 19, 2024
GovernmentSafety

USDOT Recognizes Louisiana’s Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative

Louisiana’s transportation department is among the groups recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Transportation for its anti-human trafficking efforts.

January 4, 2022
Government

Observe & Report: Training to Combat Human Trafficking

Current domestic estimates put the number of victims of human trafficking in the hundreds of thousands. One of the locations often exploited by traffickers is truck stops, given the transient nature of the crime. To help address this, Truckers Against Trafficking regularly partners with trucking companies, commercial truck driving schools, and law enforcement agencies to train drivers to recognize potential signs of human trafficking

July 19, 2021
BusinessTechnologySafety

Trucking Students Learn to Watch for Human Trafficking

TIFTON, Ga. — Before a commercial truck driver graduates from Southern Regional Technical College, the student must prove that they are ready to handle the demands of driving a commercial vehicle. One lesson, however, has little to do with operating a tractor-trailer, and everything to do with making the country safer for some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

May 11, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

New ATA Panel Seeks to Strengthen Bond Between Truckers, Law Enforcement

A new panel of truckers will advise American Trucking Associations’ federation on ways to “grow and strengthen” relationships between the trucking industry and law enforcement organizations nationwide.

March 26, 2021
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Florida Program Encourages Truckers to Fight Human Trafficking

Florida officials recently launched the Highway Heroes campaign, which aims to involve truck drivers in the fight to end human trafficking.

October 27, 2020
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UPS Leaders Share Practices to Mobilize Against Human Trafficking

Companies’ efforts to combat human trafficking should be rooted in education and the support of leadership teams, according to executives from UPS Inc.

July 31, 2020