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As part of its annual conference and tradeshow in February, the Southwest Transit Association hosted TAT’s Freedom Drivers Project (FDP), and a team from SporTran, the Shreveport transit system, volunteered at the BOTL booth. Over 100 attendees toured the FDP.
Casinos
Using recently completed training resources for casinos and the bus industry, BOTL achieved the following:
 Partnered with the American Bus Association to host the vir-
tual briefing, “Combating Human Trafficking on Buses and
at Casinos” and partnered with the National Indian Gaming Commission to host the webinar, “Tribal Casinos Combating Human Trafficking.” A total of 426 representatives from casinos, bus companies, law enforcement, state agencies, tribal govern- ments and NGOs registered for these sessions.
 Launched a new online training, Casinos Combating Human Trafficking, and began distributing a new casino-specific wallet
card to serve as a primary training resource for frontline casino staff and a supplementary resource for bus companies providing casino transportation.
 Divisions of gaming or Attorneys Generals’ offices in 10 states and gaming associations in five states are helping to distribute BOTL’s casino materials.
 Received recognition by the U.S. Department of Transportation as a top innovator in transportation’s role in fighting to end human trafficking for its initiative to close loopholes to traffickers at the intersection between buses and casinos.
BOTL in Action
San Diego, California
Not long after the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) rolled out its anti-human trafficking program, which included the Busing on the Lookout (BOTL) video, and trained 1,650 MTS employees, MTS security personnel took actions that resulted in the identification and arrest of a suspected trafficker.
After observing a man at one of their transit centers acting aggressively toward a young woman who was clearly uncomfort- able with his actions, an MTS compliance officer notified dispatch, took a photo, flagged him on their security camera system, and followed him outside to his car, where the MTS officer was able to record the man’s license plate number. When the same man later returned to the transit center and was seen approaching other young women, MTS officers stopped him to ask for his transit fare, which he did not have. The MTS officers shared their suspicions and evidence
with the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, which coordinated with other law enforcement agencies in California. The investigation culminated in the arrest of the man at a motel near Los Angeles, where he and an accomplice were holding a young woman against her will.
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