And while a boost for the Inglewood economy is welcome, there's a dark side to hosting the big game. Every year, no matter where the Super Bowl is hosted, experts say there's a spike in the demand for sex-trafficking victims.
Sometimes those victims are children. Once they've crossed the line to actually buy a human being for their own personal gratification, it's a pretty small leap then. They're not going to split hairs in terms of what the age is and those kinds of things. It's pretty heartbreaking for the kids. The youngest sex-trafficking victim Saving Innocence has helped was just 7 years old.
They're not here just for the game. They're probably here for several days, and there's a small percentage of mostly men that will use that as an opportunity, as part of their entertainment to have some form of sexual encounter. SoFi Stadium fight: Suspect ID'd, released on bail after arrest in altercation that left man in coma. Los Angeles is already one of the worst cities for human trafficking because of its busy international airport and proximity to the U. Oree Freeman is a survivor of child sex trafficking.
She was sold on the streets of L. Oree says predators can now target anyone because of social media. Does your children have access to social media? Does your child have access to the internet? No, your child is a vulnerable youth," she said. It's not this minority kid from South Central L. It's also those kids that are on Instagram, on websites and talking to sugar daddies and thinking, 'All I'm gonna do is give somebody a massage,' and they end up in a lifestyle that they don't know how far it's going to take them.
Special agents from the Department of Homeland Security are also working quietly in the area. Welcome, Mickey. Manage MyDisney Account. Log Out. Super Bowl: Authorities, nonprofit group work to combat spike in sex trafficking as game approaches. Friday, February 4, The Super Bowl typically brings a spike in sex trafficking to its host city, experts say. Law enforcement, the NFL and a victim advocacy group are working to combat that in Southern California. Inglewood officials publicly identified the man who was arrested and released on bail in connection with a fight outside SoFi Stadium during the NFC title game.
