The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has set the dates for next year’s Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative for each of its three member countries. In the U.S., the initiative is scheduled for January 13-17, 2025. Canada’s HTAI dates are February 17-21, 2025. And in Mexico, HTAI is set for March 17-21, 2025.
CVSA’s annual five-day human trafficking awareness, outreach, identification, and prevention initiative educates commercial motor vehicle drivers, motor carriers, law enforcement officers, and the general public about human trafficking, the signs to look for, and what to do if you suspect someone is being trafficked.
According to the United Nations, human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of people through force, fraud, or deception to exploit them for profit. Men, women, and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world. Human traffickers often use violence, fraudulent employment agencies, and fake promises of education and job opportunities to trick and coerce their victims.
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In preparation for the initiative, CVSA is offering human trafficking awareness resources to its membership and working with TAT (formerly Truckers Against Trafficking) to distribute wallet cards, posters, and window decals.
During the five-day awareness initiative in each country, CVSA jurisdictions will conduct human trafficking awareness and outreach efforts and report those projects to the alliance. The results will be released in the summer of 2025.
