WASHINGTON—After the U.S. Home of Representatives handed laws from Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Safety Act for 5 years, American Lodge & Lodging Affiliation President and CEO Chip Rogers launched the next assertion:
“The resort trade is united behind stopping human trafficking and serving to survivors, and AHLA applauds Home lawmakers for this bipartisan vote to increase the Trafficking Victims Safety Act,” mentioned Rogers. “The invoice supplies important funding for trafficking prevention and consciousness efforts in addition to housing, employment, and teaching programs for trafficking survivors. These initiatives complement AHLA Basis’s No Room For Trafficking initiative, which helps human trafficking prevention efforts within the resort and lodging trade.”
The Home-passed invoice now strikes to the Senate for consideration.
AHLA Basis’s No Room For Trafficking (NRFT) effort unites the resort trade round an strategy to figuring out, reporting, and stopping human trafficking whereas supporting survivors on their path ahead.
NRFT facilities on coaching employees on the best way to spot and reply to human trafficking, displaying human trafficking indicator signage in motels, establishing company-wide insurance policies, coordinating with regulation enforcement, and sharing success tales and finest practices. Greater than 1.6 million coaching periods have been carried out below the initiative since 2020.
