Congresswoman Barbara Comstock joined Committee for Dulles and the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority for this training that was the 47th training for airport, personnel which also featured FBI presenters and local NGO Youth for Tomorrow at Dulles International Airport.

More than 100,000 are children are in danger of being trafficked in the U.S. alone. Globally, there are 20 million victims enslaved today, more than at any other time in history. It is true that often traffickers use the speed and convenience of commercial air travel.

The passage of the FAA Extension Bill requires that every airline in the United States provide enhanced training to flight attendants “recognizing an responding to potential human trafficking victims.” This is also an issue for all airline personnel, as the perpetrators have been commonly found to be involved with drugs, arms and terrorism.  

Trainers were Nancy Rivard, President of Airline Ambassadors, Claire Dunnigan, Delta Airlines flight attendant,  and survivor Shamere McKenzie who also has the SunGate Foundation, providing scholarships for victims and trafficking survivors. Jeffrey Fuller from the FBI and Vernell Wilkes and Stephanie Vu, of local NGO Youth for Tomorrow,    Many thanks for Three Strands Global and Committee for Dulles in providing resources for this training.