Understanding the narrative between trafficking and the Big Game, local non-profits weigh in
and last updated 2021-02-04 17:00:48-05
BRYAN, TEXAS â Large crowds present a natural opportunity for trafficking to occur, but a local non-profit supporting human trafficking victims say there is no evidence to show the Super Bowl reveals a surge in trafficking cases.
Just like the upcoming big game , any large celebratory events that draw in big-spending out-of-town-visitors could increase the probability for trafficking to happen and be reported, with more eyes and ears looking out for it, but does that mean trafficking actually happens more? We don t want to equate that to numbers of actual human trafficking occurring, while we know the demand increases and online add activity, we don t have empirical data that actually correlates the super bowl being the #1 event that increases trafficking, Amanda Buenger, Executive Director of Unbound BCS says.
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UNITED STATES On Friday, January 22, the U.S. Marshall’s Office announced that 33 children from southern California were rescued from sex trafficking and one person has been arrested. According to a press release by FBI Los Angeles Public Affairs Specialist Laura Eimiller, the Operation Lost Angels initiative began on January 11.
Eight of the victims were “of the 33 children recovered, eight were being sexually exploited at the time of recovery,” FBI officials stated. Two were recovered multiple times during the operation while on the “track,” a common term used to describe a known location for commercial sex trafficking.
“It is not uncommon for victims who are rescued to return to commercial sex trafficking either voluntarily or by force, fraud, or coercion. This harmful cycle highlights the challenges victims face and those faced by law enforcement when attempting to keep victims from returning to an abusive situation. Victims may not self-identify
CADILLAC â A partnership between a student group at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center and the Michigan State Police is trying to bring awareness to the community about an important social issue.
That issue is human trafficking and the partnership is hoping it will help to save the life of a person who finds themselves in a terrible situation. Recently, students belonging to the National Technical Honor Society and two troopers from the Cadillac Michigan State Police Post went to several area hotels to see if they would be willing to use soap and make-up removal wrapped with a red band printed with the National Human Trafficking Hotline number.
US Marshals Rescue 33 Missing Children in ‘Operation Lost Angels’
More than 30 children were rescued by U.S. Marshals from human trafficking in Southern California, including eight who were being sexually exploited, the FBI announced Friday.
The multi-day joint agency “Operation Lost Angels” involved more than two dozen partner agencies and was initiated on Jan. 11. The rescue operation recently culminated in the recovery of 33 children, Kristi K. Johnson, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said in a press release.
“Of the 33 children recovered, eight were being sexually exploited at the time of recovery,” FBI officials said in a press release.