A city becomes a prime location for human trafficking when it hosts the Super Bowl, a busy and heavily attended event. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit for the National Football League’s big game. This makes it easier for traffickers to hide the movement and sale of their human wares.
Super Bowl LVII, set for Sunday in Las Vegas, presents greater than normal obstacles for law enforcement targeting human traffickers.
President Joe Biden’s border policies have allowed millions of illegal aliens into the U.S., thus increasing the number of human trafficking victims.
Las Vegas, where the Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers, is less than 300 miles from the southern border.
The host city’s laws on sex work add serious difficulties. Nevada has allowed prostitution since 1971, the only state to do so.
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