NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) o loʻo tuʻuina atu aʻoaʻoga i le Human Trafficking Awareness i Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport i le Vaalele Board Room i luga aʻe o le Concourse C i le 2:00-3:00 pm i le Aso Faraile, Ianuari 18, 2013. O aʻoaʻoga volenitia o le a faʻalauteleina ai le faʻalauiloaina o "fuʻa mumu" e tatau ona mataala i ai le auvaa ma tagata faigaluega malaevaalele i vaiaso aʻo lumanaʻi le Super Bowl. Talu mai le fa'ailoaina sa'o o fefa'ataua'iga i va'alele e fa i le 2009, ua ta'ita'ia e le AAI le taumafaiga e ave le Human Trafficking Awareness i le pisinisi femalagaa'i.
O Anna I. Rodriguez, o le na faavaeina le Florida Coalition against Human Trafficking, o le a auai i le vaega e faasoa atu e uiga i taumafaiga a le coalition o loo galulue faatasi ma le FBI i luma o le Super Bowl. O loʻo galue o ia o se faiaoga mo le Faalapotopotoga a Amerika Setete ma sa faʻatautaia aʻoaʻoga i le Itulagi i Sisifo talu mai le 2006. I le 2004, Ms. Rodriguez na faʻaalia faalauaitele e Peresitene George W. Bush mo lona tuuto e laveai tagata na afaina. O le alii faipule o Amerika, Mario Diaz Balart ma le tamaitai faipule o Stella Marie Cordoba, ua latou amanaia foi ana taumafaiga. O le naunau o Ms. Rodriguez o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona faʻaosofia isi e avea ma tufuga alalaupapa e tuʻufaʻatasia e laveaʻi i latou na afaina i fefaʻatauaiga o tagata, o "pologa le vaaia o le 21st seneturi."
O le fefa'ataua'iga o tagata o se pisinisi tau solitulafono US$30 piliona, lona lua i nakoti. O tausaga taʻitasi, e faitau selau afe e paʻuʻu i tagata faʻatau oloa, ma o le mea e leaga ai, o le toʻatele o tagata afaina o tamaiti. E fa'aogaina e le au fa'atau fefa'ataua'iga femalagaiga i luga o le ea e felauaiga ai i latou na afaina i aso uma.
Airline Ambassadors e na o le pau lea o le alofa a le kamupani vaalele atoa, ma o le vaega e aofia ai Petra Hensley, na faavaeina le Sojka Foundation, o se tagata na sao mai le fefaʻatauaʻiga o tagata mai le Czech Republic. E 7 a latou a'oa'oga i malae va'alele ma tufatufa atu pepa atotupe e 10,000 e fa'alaua'itele ai tagata faigaluega o le va'alele/malaga va'alele e a'oa'oina le iloa ma lipotia lenei solitulafono mata'utia. Na taʻua e Nancy Rivard, Peresetene o le AAI: "Matou te maua ni telefoni i masina uma mai tagata vaʻalele o loʻo vaʻai i fefaʻatauaiga i luga o latou vaʻalele, ae matou te manaʻomia le fesoasoani e faʻailoa ai le tala." AAI o loʻo amataina le faʻalauiloaina i le 2013 i lenei aʻoaʻoga i New Orleans ma ave a latou aʻoaʻoga i le auvaa vaalele i Ukraine i le faaiuga o Ianuari.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Airline Ambassadors is the only charity of the overall airline industry, and the team includes Petra Hensley, founder of the Sojka Foundation, a survivor of human trafficking from the Czech Republic.
- Since correctly identifying trafficking on four flights in 2009, AAI has led the effort to take Human Trafficking Awareness to the travel industry.
- The volunteer training will build awareness around the “red flags” that crews and airport personnel should be especially alert to in the weeks before the Super Bowl.
