Children get trucked in from all over the country to meet the demand for paid sex. Advertising on Backpage.com, Craigslist, and other websites ramps up. For gangs and pimps, Super Bowl weekend is a boon.
“Trafficking victims are often threatened, beaten, drugged, isolated, deceived, and manipulated psychologically in order to make them dependent, to control them, and to keep them captive,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at the Department of Justice (DOJ) Human Trafficking Summit on Feb. 2.
