CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One local anti-human trafficking organization is training Uber drivers in Charlotte to help spot any possible victims throughout the NBA All-Star Weekend.
Experts say women are often exploited during big events and traffickers use big event weekends as a prime time to prey on vulnerable women.
[LINK: National Human Trafficking Hotline]
Compassion to Act, an anti-human trafficking organization, is not officially affiliated with Uber, but is hoping to equip drivers across the area with tools to spot potential victims.
"If there is a girl that gets put in a car by a man or woman, they look afraid, they look young, they can be underage. They don't really know much of where they are in the city, maybe don't really speak English," Debbie Hancock from Compassion to Act said.
Organizers say the Uber drivers are instructed to report any unusual activity to an emergency hotline number.
"I'm figuring out where I'm dropping them off and if I have really bad spider senses about it, then I will call the hotline," driver David Cariaga said.
Charlotte is ranked number one in the state for human trafficking.
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