COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Trafficking in persons is the second largest criminal activity in the world.
It is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of threat, use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse or exploitation.
TIP is a grave violation of human rights and a worldwide criminal threat to security, civil rights and stability as well as a direct threat to our national foreign policy goals. Due to the seriousness of the crime, the egregious results in terms of human tragedy, and the disabling impact on our military readiness, the AF has established a zero tolerance for trafficking in persons.
While local threat assessments indicate the threat of TIP is low, all Airmen should identify and report suspicious behavior indicating TIP activities through your chain of command, security forces, Air Force OSI, or the Inspector General Office.
For more information about TIP-related issues contact Curtis Donald, 14th Force Support Squadron, at 434-2516.