During National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Michigan State Police officers are teaming up with officers from neighboring states, along with the organization Truckers Against Trafficking, to raise awareness of human trafficking.

Why collaborate with truckers?

Lt. Chris Keller with the MSP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division says they are a perfect partner.

“The trucking industry, it's such a great industry to get involved in an operation like this because they travel the entire country and they're in truck stops and rest areas and places where human trafficking has been found to be occurring and if we can collaborate with them and give them the tools they need to contact us when these things are going on it just makes for a more efficient effort.” Keller said. 

He says for the rest of this week, the total effort is all about educating motorists about being aware of the signs of human trafficking and to enforce laws that crack down on traffickers.