The average age of a child prostitute in Phoenix is 13 years old. Particularly vulnerable are so called runaways and throw aways. Making matters worse is ads featured on craigslist for escorts have increased by a factor of 10 % or more in some area. This to service the huge number of men who will influx into Glendale and Phoenix to watch the game. By some estimates over 100, 000 men will converge in Glendale during the big game. That represents a huge demand for sex.
The Super Bowl is the largest incident of sex trafficking in the U.S., according to the Attorney General of Texas. A representative for Operation Freedom Taskforce has claimed that many victims are brought in to be used for men at the Super Bowl. We are talking staggering numbers.
It is incredibly organized. In fact if you look at ads for a typical Saturday, but on the Saturday leading to the Super bowl that number jumps to 367 ads. More than double the number.
Its so insidious. There is a direct correlation and exploitation involved between sex trafficking and the Super Bowl. We talking sex trafficking in kids. It represents sort of a dirty secret that most people refuse to discuss and don’t want to think about.
In fact I was talking to one officer recently who suggested that the Super Bowl represents one of the largest sex trafficking events in the world!
If you want to fight sex trafficking you have to target the Super Bowl!
We are currently monitoring craiglists ads which have blown up in terms of the numbers of ads for escorts in the Glendale and Phoenix area the week before Super Bowl 49. We are currently seeing an increase of ads as much as 300% or more currently happening now on that social media website just days before the big event.
See video: 2015 Super Bowl XLIX (49) in Phoenix Arizona Human Trafficking Security concerns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpdA2RDEE7g