Human trafficking
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Small Fleet keynote: How truck drivers can help prevent human trafficking
Truckers Against Trafficking’s Laura Cyrus shares red flags truck drivers can be on the lookout for that might indicate human trafficking.
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Combating human trafficking – Taking the Hire Road
Truckers used as ‘eyes and ears’ to assist law enforcement.
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The Log Book: Industry recognizes National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
This week: the transportation industry supports Truckers Against Trafficking, J.B. Hunt drivers donate school supplies to their kids’ teachers and Mayor Pete gets a bobblehead.
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Trucking company owner: Driver charged with human trafficking seemed ‘religious’
The owner of a small Delaware-based trucking company described his driver, who was recently arrested and charged with holding a woman captive in his truck…
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Reliance Partners recaps Tank Truck Week
Recruiting, cybersecurity and human trafficking were major discussion topics at this year’s conference in Dallas.
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2 truckers charged in kidnapping-for-ransom scheme
Truck drivers Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillion, South Carolina, and Pierre Washington, 35, of Chicago, have been charged in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme.
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Foreign truckers allege US job offers turned into human-trafficking scheme
Lured by the promise of better pay and the American dream, some foreign drivers found themselves trapped in an alleged human-trafficking scheme.
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Stay alert for signs of sex trafficking at truck stops
“A lot of truck drivers, just like law enforcement, don't understand that girls in these types of situations are usually not there by their own…
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FreightCasts Weekly Recap (8/17-8/23)
Don’t miss the latest from the FreightWaves Carrier Summit! Intriguing guests, in-depth interviews, product demos and so much more highlighted freight’s hottest virtual event.
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FreightCasts Weekly Recap (7/13-7/19)
Is Walmart becoming a tech company? Inclusion in the supply chain, human trafficking, scorching summer freight volumes and more! Catch this week’s top trending stories…
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