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    Default Superbowl sex-trafficking ring is Busted

    Over 30 people have been arrested on sex-trafficking charges during a planned operation in the lead-up to the Superbowl.

    Federal law enforcement officials announced Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in metro Atlanta for sex trafficking.

    Authorities said they had also rescued four victims as part of the operation, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

    Campaigners have warned that large sporting events such as the Super Bowl are attractive to those in the sex trafficking trade.

    Sex crimes can surge when lots of free-spending travelers are around and in one concentrated area.

    The arrests were made over the past four days, according to Nick Annan, Homeland Security Investigations special agent in charge.

    He declined to give further details on the arrests and said ongoing efforts will continue throughout the week.

    'We plan to continue what we’re doing,' Annan said.

    Homeland Security assisted in a joint operation in Douglas County using undercover officers, social media sites and local hotel rooms on January 23 and 24, the Douglasville Police Department said.

    Sixteen people were arrested, according to police, and the youngest person involved was 17.


    Nick Annan, Homeland Security Investigations special agent, (pictured), said 33 arrests were made over four days

    The timing of the crackdown was related to the Super Bowl, police said.

    More than 40 local and state law enforcement agencies, along with 25 federal agencies, are assisting with security for the Super Bowl.

    Officers and security members have been visible throughout downtown Atlanta where events have been held, and those efforts will continue until hours after the big game.


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    "ICE will be at the forefront of investigating the illicit sex trade at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta this week. Yes, the same ICE synonymous with immigration enforcement will deploy teams of special agents to combat the sex trade in Georgia,"

    https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/30/i...ex-trafficking

    Sounds to me like ICE peeps talked their bosses into a trip to HotLanta...
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    https://slate.com/human-interest/201...king-myth.html

    Are these groups really just 'professional White Knights"?

    Reason reporter Elizabeth Nolan Brown took a close look at arrest logs in Houston after the 2017 Super Bowl and found not a single arrest for sex trafficking, soliciting a minor, pimping, or other charges connected to forced prostitution over Super Bowl weekend. The attention being heaped on this topic reflects larger trends in awareness of commercial sexual exploitation—the term now preferred by experts, since trafficking connotes travel, which is not the core problem. In 2005, Atlanta police warned that 1,000 women and girls between ages 13 and 25 were being forced to work as prostitutes. The city spent $600,000 on a task force to rescue them. They identified just four victims, as an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution later revealed.
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    https://slate.com/human-interest/201...king-myth.html

    Are these groups really just 'professional White Knights"?

    Reason reporter Elizabeth Nolan Brown took a close look at arrest logs in Houston after the 2017 Super Bowl and found not a single arrest for sex trafficking, soliciting a minor, pimping, or other charges connected to forced prostitution over Super Bowl weekend. The attention being heaped on this topic reflects larger trends in awareness of commercial sexual exploitation—the term now preferred by experts, since trafficking connotes travel, which is not the core problem. In 2005, Atlanta police warned that 1,000 women and girls between ages 13 and 25 were being forced to work as prostitutes. The city spent $600,000 on a task force to rescue them. They identified just four victims, as an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution later revealed.
    Yes these groups are mostly about virtue signaling and giving bored housewives something to do.

    I've dealt with them in the club and I don't think all of them are hateful people, but they are definitely going about the "rescue mission" the wrong way.

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    Default Re: Superbowl sex-trafficking ring is Busted

    So in other words, 33 grown adults were busted for buying and selling sex.

    During these crackdowns, 3 grown women were savvy enough to claim that it was against their will and one provider was months shy of 18, hence they saved four "victims."

    Got it. Morality policing in action and our tax dollars hard at work.

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    If you can find yourself some "victims" there is money to be made!

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