Super Bowl Sunday is upon us; a holiday anticipated by nearly half of all households in the United States. Sadly, while water cooler debaters dissect the virtues of Super Bowl ads and halftime shows and the nation鈥檚 eyes are glued to the spectacle, a horrific crime will be perpetrated in plain sight.
Human trafficking. Sexual slavery. Twelve- to 14-year-old girls forced to have sex 20 to 48 times per day, victims of supply-and-demand who are likely to be murdered sometime before escaping their 鈥渃areers.鈥� Many of them are runaways or abductees, owned by pimps who control them through violence, intimidation and worse.
That鈥檚 reality for the victims of sex-trafficking who will be among the hundreds of thousands descending on Super Bowl XLVIII this weekend, slaves brought to the event by a perfect storm of increased demand 鈥� Americans being trafficked to Americans by other Americans 鈥� all in the shadows of one of the most-watched sporting events on the planet.
It sounds unbelievable, but it鈥檚 a disturbing truth: America鈥檚 beloved game is also the largest venue for human trafficking in the world.
The Super Bowl attracts hoards of fans to the host city, according to the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking, but it also attracts organized criminal activity that operates in plain sight without notice, including human trafficking in both the sex and labor industries.
Join with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Center for Combating Human Trafficking in raising awareness of this critical national issue.
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