PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Port of Palm Seashore lately adopted new prevention coaching to fight human trafficking.
They’re the primary seaport in Florida to undertake the Ports to Freedom coaching created by the nonprofit Enterprise Ending Slavery and Trafficking.
This coaching comes simply earlier than the Tremendous Bowl to provide consciousness to workers of attainable humane trafficking conditions.
“One of many issues that I discovered once I went via that coaching that stood out was the truth that within the maritime trade, human trafficking is prevalent,” mentioned Rick Placeres, Port of Palm Seashore safety and operations supervisor.
“This on-line coaching will train our port workers the symptoms of human trafficking. It is going to present them what to do in the event that they witness a attainable case of human trafficking,” mentioned Port of Palm Seashore spokeswoman Yaremi Farinas.
“Most significantly, they are going to study the significance of asking, ‘How are you?’ It is a easy query that may flip a sufferer right into a survivor,” Farinas mentioned.
“There’s going to be a whole lot of motion with the Tremendous Bowl. You have acquired individuals coming into the city, driving to the west coast. There’s lots of people motion in order that coaching involves be paramount right here on the Port of Palm Seashore in order that they’re conscious, not solely of their environment, however they’re conscious of the human trafficking that is potential throughout this time-frame,” Placeres mentioned.