In July of 2010. I chaired a conference in Washington. D.C.. to bring together the relevant U.S. agencies. such as the Customs and Border Patrol. various U.S. airlines. and nongovernmental organizations to focus on interdicting traffickers by training commercial transportation employees to recognize the indicators for trafficking. Speakers. including Deborah Sigmund. founder of a nongovernment organization called Innocents at Risk. explained how flight attendants were the "first line of defense" in the fight against human trafficking. Flight attendants are in the unique position to observe a potential trafficking in progress and then call a trafficking hotline or inform the pilot to radio ahead so that the proper authorities can intervene.
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