Missing Children Rescued from Super Bowl Sex Trade in FBI Sting: Posted February 4, 2014
Summary
The FBI rescued sixteen children ranging ages thirteen to seventeen involved in a sex trade in New Jersey during the Super Bowl weekend. There were more than forty five pimps arrested in connection to the operation and some of the children rescued had been reported missing by their families. Some of the pimps and the kidnapped children had traveled to New Jersey for the Super Bowl weekend for the sole purpose of trafficking to tourist for money. The FBI reports that high-profile special events like the super bowl have become "lucrative opportunities for child prostitution criminal enterprises" as stated by Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division.
Analysis
This report highlights a new trend in human trafficking that is alarming and emphasizes a need to take more action to help stop human trafficking and it's victimization. The report points out that high profile events have made new opportunities for human trafficking due to the amount of attention and tourists who come to participate in these events. In chapter 5, our text talks about the link between the growth in the free market with less governmental influence and greater opportunities for crime cartels like the ones being operated behind closed doors of high profile events.
Article link:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/04/fbi-sting-rescues-missing-children-from-super-bowl-sex-trade/
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