CHICAGO- Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced his office partnered with Truckers Against Trafficking for an awareness event that brought together representatives of the transportation industry with law enforcement and government agencies to better identify and combat human trafficking in the transportation industry.

Raoul addressed attendees of the event at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Ill., which was designed to educate transportation industry employees to identify signs of human trafficking and report this crime in real time.

The event featured human trafficking prevention and awareness training; training resources for the trucking, truck stop, bus and energy industries; a law enforcement panel discussion; and a presentation from a trafficking survivor.