Ending Human Trafficking Resources and Training

The Georgia Hotel & Lodging Association (GHLA) is working with members, state and federal agencies and other interested parties, to help the hotel and lodging industry better combat the abhorrent practice of human trafficking. Human trafficking - modern day slavery - is not just a problem in developing nations; estimates show that thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked in the United States each year primarily for sexual or labor exploitation. Trafficking networks often rely on legitimate businesses, like hotels, to sustain their operations and infrastructure.  

GHLA Encourages Every Hotel Company and Property to:
  • Educate employees to recognize and report instances of trafficking when perpetrated or attempted in or around hotel properties;
  • Establish policies and procedures for reporting of instances or suspected instances of trafficking;
  • Encourage other companies and parties in the hotel industry to join the fight against trafficking, and collaborate with those companies that have already done so;
  • Encourage business partners in the broader travel industry and beyond to educate their employees and take other necessary steps to combat trafficking; and
  • Work collaboratively with law enforcement and policymakers so that industry and government initiatives can be appropriately and efficiently integrated into a society-wide effort to combat trafficking.

Training Resources: 
No Room for Trafficking - Training Every Workers Combat Human Trafficking
No Room for Trafficking is an AHLA national awareness campaign that builds on the industry’s ongoing commitment and work to end human trafficking. Through elevating, assessing, educating and supporting the fight to end human trafficking, AHLA’s campaign will ensure hotel employees are continuously developing a better understanding of ways to identify traffickers and potential victims in hotels. Includes:
  • Resource Guide
  • No Room for Trafficking Toolkit
  • Action Plan
Click here for details. 

GHLA and Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) Partnership
GHLA has partnered with BEST to provide FREE online human trafficking training to GHLA members and their staff. BEST’s training explains:
  • The truth of trafficking
  • The risks of trafficking to hotels
  • Concrete steps on how staff can personally make a difference.
Click here for details. 

GHLA In Person Workshops
GHLA conducts live workshops led by law enforcement officials several times a year. Please check the event schedule or contact GHLA to be notified of the next schedule workshop. 

2017 Updates for Human Trafficking Notices per HB 341​
The new law requires the addition of the Georgia Hotline number to the notice. Click here for the full text of the HB 341. 

Additional Resources Include:
Georgia Human Trafficking Resources
  • Georgia DOAS Human Trafficking Prevention Online Training
    By teaching you to identify red flags and outlining steps for reporting human trafficking, you will become a trained eye working to stop this crime. Georgia believes in the power of knowledge and is committed to the ideal that an informed public is its best asset – Awareness is Georgia's strongest tool! The general public is also encouraged to take the Human Trafficking Awareness Training by clicking here to watch the training video.
  • GRACE Commission
    The Georgians for Refuge, Action, Compassion, and Education Commission was created to combat the threat of human trafficking in the State of Georgia. The GRACE Commission is comprised of public officials, law enforcement, for-profit and non-profit organizations, faith-based institutions, and subject matter experts to tackle human trafficking, seek justice for victims, and hold bad actors accountable.
  • Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force 
    The mission of the Task Force is to protect the citizens of Georgia from perpetrators and systems of sexual exploitation while concurrently working to support recovery of adults and CSEC victims to ensure that they are ready for college, work, and a successful future. 
  • Wellspring Living is a non-profit organization in Atlanta, Georgia that provides domestic sex trafficking victims and those at risk with specialized recovery services through three residential programs and two community-based programs.
  • Georgia Cares is the single, statewide coordinating agency connecting services and treatment care for child victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking.
  • Street Grace is a faith-based organization mobilizing faith, business and community leaders to end the sexual trafficking of children throughout the U.S. through prevention/protection, policy and pursuit. 
  • Human Trafficking Resource Compilation
    A list of Georgia and national organizations  compiled as a research project of Georgia State University Hospitality Legal class. 
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National Human Trafficking Prevention Resources Include:
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