Trucknews.com Article “Trucking industry fights human trafficking”
Thank you to Trucknews.com for this excellent article regarding Human Trafficking. The article was written by Krystyna Shchedrina.
You can read the full article here: https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/trucking-industry-fights-human-trafficking-still-a-crisis/1003182230/
The article from trucknews.com shares “Truck driver Kevin Kimmel noticed suspicious activity when he stopped at the gas station in New Kent County, Va. He observed multiple men entering and leaving an RV and another man going back and forth from the car to the convenience store. Kimmel also saw a young woman briefly appearing in the window before disappearing behind a black curtain.”
The article shares this photo below, of American truck driver Kevin Kimmel, who received TCA’s Highway Angel award in 2015 for reporting a human trafficking case (Photo: TAT)
The trucknews.com article also shares a key campaign, the #KnowHumanTrafficking awareness campaign, initiated by the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada in 2019. The initiative currently has 27 trailers wrapped with awareness messages. Northern Academy was fortunate to be part of this important initiative.
Shelley Walker with the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada joined us on our podcast to share more about the promotion, listen below.
You can read the full article here: https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/trucking-industry-fights-human-trafficking-still-a-crisis/1003182230/