Human Trafficking in the Air

DID YOU KNOW? THE US STATE DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS SHOW THAT OVER 700,000 PEOPLE BECOME SUBJECTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS EVERY YEAR. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS ENTER THE COUNTRY THROUGH MAJOR U.S. AIRPORTS, UNDER STRICT SECURITY, YET THEY GO UNNOTICED.

Airline Ambassadors International is a non-profit organization affiliated with the United Nations and recognized by the US Congress. Nancy Rivard founded AAI to provide for orphans and vulnerable children in 1996 while working as a international flight attendant for American Airlines. She retired in 2013 to run Airline Ambassadors full time. AAI is the only non-profit organization leveraging connections with the airline industry to facilitate humanitarian efforts. Since correctly identifying human trafficking on four flights in 2009, AAI developed the first “industry specific” training on human trafficking awareness that has been provided at 50 airports, travel hotels which are major hubs of entry and exit for perpetrators and victims alike.

In August 2009, an Airline Ambassador humanitarian team rescued an abandoned little girl in Cambodia. On that trip they learned about the dark reality of human trafficking. The following month on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic the team was on alert for anything unusual on flights out. Amazingly, that team correctly identified trafficking incidents on four airlines. Their first tip led to the bust of a pornography ring of 82 children. Airline Ambassadors International then worked closely with Customs Border Protection to develop an industry specific training consistent with the Department of Homeland Security.

Airline Ambassadors International has provided training presentations to 6,000 front line personnel at airports across the United States and also internationally. Airline Ambassadors International now provides seminars with a team of three to four trainers including survivors of human trafficking. The training is tailored to airline and airport personnel, hotel employees, law enforcement and ground transportation. Airline Ambassadors is the first non-profit organization to have their curriculum adopted by the International Tourism Management Institute and has also received support from 12 members of Congress.

Human trafficking is an appalling crime and an appalling violation of victims' rights. This is why the efforts of the international air transport sector in combating it are so important. This expansion of training for cabin crew and the wider travel industry is a crucial element in protecting the human rights of some of the most vulnerable people.

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Directed and Produced by: Kelly Galindo
Supervising Editors: Mark Wilcken, Three-time Emmy Award Winner
& Scott Arundale, Lead Editor for 26 Seconds Documentary Short
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Music by: Shanti Re' and Kelly Galindo

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