{"id":12954,"date":"2023-01-12T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12954"},"modified":"2023-01-12T11:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:08:23","slug":"american-gaming-association-makes-attempt-to-combat-human-trafficking-at-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/american-gaming-association-makes-attempt-to-combat-human-trafficking-at-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"AGA Makes Attempt To Combat Human Trafficking At Casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/national-human-trafficking-prevention-month.jpg\" alt=\"National Human Trafficking Prevention Month\" title=\"American Gaming Association Makes Attempt To Combat Human Trafficking At Casinos\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12955\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The AGA has released a new toolkit to spread awareness about human trafficking<\/li>\n<li>It is the second resource released by the Anti- Human Trafficking Task Force<\/li>\n<li>Human traffickers are known for plying their business at casinos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>January is &#8220;<em>National Human Trafficking Prevention Month<\/em>&#8221; and to mark the occasion, the <strong>American Gaming Association<\/strong> (AGA) is running a month-long awareness campaign aimed at combating human trafficking in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\">US gaming sector<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>Anti-Human Trafficking Toolkit for the Gaming Industry<\/h2>\n<p>To boost its campaign, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americangaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NAHTM-Industry-Toolkit.pdf\">AGA has launched a new toolkit<\/a> which contains resources to help raise awareness about human trafficking. The new toolkit is packed with educational resources, links to anti-trafficking programs, as well as communication materials such as social media graphics.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to bolster gaming industry efforts in combating human trafficking, the AGA formed the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force in 2022. The initiative aims to stamp out all forms of human trafficking in the industry. The Task Force is comprised of AGA member executives with expertise in various specialized sectors of the gaming sector, such as security and anti-money laundering compliance. <\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L-coxCtCVag?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AGA\u2019s Vice President for Government Relations <strong>Alex Costello<\/strong> said the Task Force was created to have a \u201c<em>comprehensive and overarching<\/em>\u201d effort to fight human trafficking in the industry. <\/p>\n<p>The Task Force published its first guide in June 2022, entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americangaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AGA-Preventing-and-Combating-Human-Trafficking-in-the-Gaming-Industry.pdf\">Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in the Gaming Industry<\/a>\u201d. The guide tackles multiple human trafficking-related subjects, and also includes ways to identify human trafficking at gaming operations, as well as anti-human trafficking best practices that the industry must implement. <\/p>\n<p>The new toolkit is the second resource developed by the Task Force.<\/p>\n<h2>Gaming Properties a \u201cReal Target\u201d for Human Traffickers<\/h2>\n<p>An <strong>estimated 25 million people fall victims to human trafficking worldwide each year<\/strong>, with numerous incidents occurring at hotels and casinos. Costello said the gaming industry has increasingly become a real target for traffickers due to the high volume of financial transactions being exchanged. She also stressed that human trafficking does not only happen at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/blog\/top-casinos-to-visit-for-a-poker-experience-of-a-lifetime\">major casino resorts where punter can play poker<\/a> as even smaller venues across the country are not immune to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>To effectively combat human trafficking, Costello emphasized the need to train employees at gaming establishments to spot and report potential victims. Operators must also coordinate with the police and link-up with anti-human trafficking groups. <\/p>\n<p>The AGA is running its campaign with four weekly themes for the month. This week focuses on working with law enforcement, while the rest of the month focuses on uniting with travel partners and empowering employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The AGA has released a new toolkit to spread awareness about human trafficking It is the second resource released by the Anti- Human Trafficking Task Force Human traffickers are known for plying their business at casinos January is &#8220;National Human Trafficking Prevention Month&#8221; and to mark the occasion, the American Gaming Association (AGA) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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