Sex Trafficking Prevention Training
Sitting through another mandatory training is rarely on anyone’s list of fun ideas… we totally understand. However, we also know that if a prevention training is done well with good research, some level of interaction and a clear and compelling call to the learner’s...
What Are the Signs of Human and Child Trafficking In Hotels?
How Hospitality Workers Could Help Stop Modern Slavery: Every day, thousands of employees working in the hospitality industry witness manifestations of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation and fail to report it—all too often because they do not...
Robert Kraft’s Case: Know the Indicators
The Patriots football team is known as arguably the most successful team in history. It is known for the unstoppable combo of Belichick and Brady. This is all this football dynasty should be known for, not the current life choices of owner Robert Kraft. Kraft has...
Hotel Promises
“You always have a Choice”- Choice Hotel Slogan “That’s supposed to be a safe place where you can have your family there, and in the next room there’s a young girl just being taken advantage of by 10,15, 20 men in one night.”...
Legislation Tides are Changing for the Hospitality Industry
Civil liability for human trafficking in the hospitality industry is slowly emerging to the forefront of state legislators’ line of sight. Historically, the human trafficking problem became so widespread in part because most Americans lacked awareness of the issue. In...
Simple Ways to Safeguard Your Establishment from Sex Trafficking
The restaurant and lodging industries provide lasting memories and valuable services for travelers away from home for business and pleasure. At times, it can be difficult balancing privacy with protection, autonomy with accountability, or convenience with comfort. ...
Hotels and Human Trafficking
We all must choose our battles. Even when you know you’ve chosen the right battle, it’s sometimes a lot harder than you imagined it would be. Case in point, in January of this year, I took a new job where we battle sex trafficking daily and the cowards behind this...
Human Trafficking: Perception Vs. Reality
Public’s Perception of Modern Slavery Vs. Reality: Sex Trafficking is usually thought of by society in a way that is both naive and harmful in that it allows real sex traffickers to fly under the radar, undetected, due to stereotypes and common portrayals of...
Human Trafficking: How Hotels and Hotel Personnel Can Be Held Criminally Liable
What Does The Law Say about Human Trafficking? In 2000, Congress passed The U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the most significant federal human trafficking statute ever passed to address the problem of sex trafficking. Since 2000, new studies and...
Hotel: Civil Liability, Human Trafficking & Federal Law
The Damage of Trafficking Leaves Lasting and Expensive Wounds: Given the tremendous physical, emotional, and economic damage incurred by victims of sex trafficking and their families, many federal and state legislators have recently amended laws to make it...
Human Sex Trafficking: California Law & Civil Liability
Similar to Federal Law, California’s human trafficking law, CA Penal Code § 236, directly addresses sex trafficking and does not require proof of the use of force, fraud, or coercion in the commission of the crime against minors. But unlike the Federal Law, the CA...
Can Hotels Face Civil Liability for Human & Child Trafficking in Washington?
“Reckless Disregard” and Human Trafficking Under Washington Law: In Washington, a hotel that is found to be criminally liable for their direct/indirect participation in human trafficking or if their acts caused harm to the victim can be ordered to pay...
Human Trafficking: Child Trafficking & Hotel Liability Across The Country
A Tough But Changing Landscape for modern slavery: One of the more perverse consequences of human trafficking is that, because of the tremendous fear and psychological abuse endured by victims, many survivors remain loyal to their traffickers even after they...
Human Trafficking Red Flags At Hotels
Sex trafficking, and particularly child sex trafficking, are very prevalent and serious issues within the U.S. today and are particularly prevalent within the hotel industry. Here are some red flags that hotel workers and management can look to make a difference and...
