Jan 30 8:33 PM

Sex trafficking & the Super Bowl

Tourists walk past a photo leaflet advertising for call-girls.
Jewel Samad/Getty Images.
The Stream (Al Jazeera)

Super Bowl Sunday. While Americans tune in to the biggest sports event in the U.S., a darker game is being played off the field; one that involves the sex trafficking of men, women & children. With hundreds arrested over sex trafficking at previous Super Bowls, New Jersey is tackling the issue by urging everyone to be on the lookout. But is the focus on trafficking at the Super Bowl ignoring a bigger, nationwide problem? Join the conversation at 7:30pm EST.

On this episode of The Stream, we'll speak to: 

Kenneth Morris @FredDouglassSon
Founder, President of Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives 
fdfi.org

Jane Wells @3Generations
Producer & Co-Director, TRICKED 

Tracy Thompson 
Assistant Attorney General, NJ Attorney General’s Office 

Brook Parker Bello @BrookBello 
CEO and Executive Director, More too Life Mentoring

What to you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. 

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