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Human Trafficking Is Focus of NATACS Webinar
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: NATA's Compliance Services organization is hosting a webinar on January 12 on the effort to combat human trafficking.
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National Air Transportation Association’s Compliance Services (NATACS) organization is continuing its education campaign about human trafficking with a webinar planned next week on the issue. Scheduled for 1 p.m. on January 12, the webinar will provide information on the crisis and how people can help in the battle to bring it to an end.

“Every day, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked for profit throughout the world, including the United States. This criminal practice, which has existed for thousands of years, has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry that spans all levels of society,” NATACS said.

The webinar is among the initiatives the organization has underway to fight the practice. In June 2020, NATA and NATACS signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Transportation to support the joint government Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) by expanding its reach into the general aviation community. NATACS offers the BLI training program, which is required for certain scheduled and nonscheduled air carrier personnel.