Community | February 03, 2012 | 16 comments

Super Bowl weekend is considered to be the largest sex trafficking event in the United States

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Over 1,000 listings were posted this week on Backpage.com in Indianapolis, advertising “young,” “curvy” women and girls for in-calls and out-calls, “un-rushed” body rubs and “total” satisfaction. Of that number nearly a quarter reference the Super Bowl.
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16 comments // Super Bowl weekend is considered to be the largest sex trafficking event in the United States

  • PoliticalAmazon
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      PoliticalAmazon  
    • Our local wastewater treatment plant has its highest inflow of the year during superbowl commercials. It's difficult to plan to that kind of demand pattern.

    • 4 months ago
  • Joeydee44
  • The_Wanderer_Kansas
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      The_Wanderer_Kansas  
    • Um was this supposed to be something unexpected? The superbowl has a long history of the sex trade involvement, from fans, to players, to executives this issue has a long history that doesn't seem to be at any risk of changing.

      Real question to all of you: Should open and willing prostitution be illegal? I am certainly not talking about young/underage girls being forced/coerced into it, I am talking about free thinking women and men willingly getting into the business.

    • 4 months ago
  • Konkey__Dong
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      Konkey__Dong  
    • Football and child sex slaves seem to go hand in hand. Just ask Jerry sandusky. Must be something macho about hitting the showers with a supple young boy/girl after playing or watching a hard game of grab ass with grown men.

    • 4 months ago
  • remanns
  • remanns
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      remanns  
    • Oh,....p.s. -I do NOT think "trafficking" in underage folks is funny,....I just think the entire sex industry should be legalized and regulated in a safe, sane, and sanitary fashion ! Our repressed and archaic neo-puritan culture is at the the root of this sort of thing.

    • 4 months ago
  • tverdell
  • MSII
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      MSII  
    • remanns:

      Well said! I agree the only sane way to handle these issues is upfront honest in the light-of-day mature. So we can expect nothing but more of the same ancient tired puritanical dare I say "conservative" way of "handling" this.

      You hit it right on the head with "Our repressed and archaic neo-puritan culture is at the the root of this sort of thing."

    • 4 months ago
  • DEM46
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      DEM46  
    • remanns:

      oh, you're too rational for any irrational "good" Christian to support this idea. Let's just keep it in the dark so us "good" Christians can keep doing something we can repent next week and be forgiven by our imaginary super-being.

      Wouldn't want to weed out the children (where law enforcement needs to put all its emphasis) and let adults do what they will by regulating, taxing, and ensuring the safety for both parties.

      That's far to rational to work.

      Wow.

    • 4 months ago
  • remanns
  • noxidereus
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      noxidereus  
    • remanns:

      I was thinking the same thing. Underage trafficking aside I don't think that the general practice of voluntarily exchanging sex for money should be illegal. I'm married and wouldn't partake in it myself, but I don't think other people should be punished by the law for doing it.

    • 4 months ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  
    • http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/lawmakers-look-to-toughen-hum...
      INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Thousands of fans and millions of dollars will flood into Indianapolis early next year, as Super Bowl 2012 takes center stage. But, the big game may also bring in something else: big-time criminals putting young girls up for sale.

      It's happened before.

      Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller (R) spoke about the problem during the National Association of Attorneys General conference in Chicago on Thursday.

      "Working with law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Justice to educate the public about human trafficking is a priority in my administration and Indiana will benefit from the ideas and tactics shared by leaders from around the country during the panel discussion," Zoeller told the conference in prepared remarks.

      It’s a priority that’s very suddenly taking on a new sense of urgency.

      From seats to souvenirs, when the big game hit North Texas this year, lots of money changed hands. But there was something else on the market too, sold, quietly, underground: young girls working as underage prostitutes for high paying clients. Some were simply sold as "sex slaves."

      The U.S. State Department estimates that as many as 12.3 million adults and children are victims of forced labor or prostitution worldwide, and for those plying the trade, the Super Bowl is big business.

      Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott told the Dallas News that the Super Bowl is "the biggest human trafficking event in the United States." In November 2010, he convened a task force to crack down on the problem in advance of the big game. The coalition of law enforcement personnel eventually made 133 separate human trafficking related arrests.

      Abbott also cited statistics from a South Florida task force that estimated “tens of thousands” of people - most of them young girls - had been sold into the sex trade during Miami's Super Bowl in 2010.

      Indianapolis City-County Council President Ryan Vaughn (R) serves on the board of “Purchased” - a local non-profit working to stop human trafficking.

      “Certainly it's more prolific in other parts of the country - California, Texas, Florida - your border states. But we're not immune from it in Indiana. This is a crime that tends to follow large sporting events and conventions, and Indianapolis is a hot spot for those types of things," Vaughn said. "The Super Bowl is the world's most popular sporting event, but the reality of it is, human trafficking exists at any large sporting event. Here in Indianapolis, we host the 500, Brickyard 400, Final Fours and all kinds of highly attended events. Those are a draw, frankly, to those committing these types of crimes.”

    • 4 months ago
  • remanns
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      remanns  
    • JanforGore:

      Keep in mind that this is "bible belt" DALLAS we are talking about - the motive of a "crack down" has AT LEAST as much to do with wanting to punish "sin", as it has to do with protecting the vulnerable.

      Lets just say that the "purity" of their compassionate motivation is something I have less than total faith in.

    • 4 months ago
  • remanns
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      remanns  
    • - - -just be sure to spray that condom with Lysol, inside and out,......both BEFORE ,.....and after, I suppose, if you are on a tight budget.

    • 4 months ago
  • remanns
  • remanns
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