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What if Human Trafficking was an main attraction for popular sports events (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I'm surprised I didn't see anything like this yet with the release of some of the Epstein Files.

Years ago, I heard the superbowl was one of the most important events to... traffic people. It makes sense because a lot of people are traveling internationally to one city. No one is going to question big families traveling together or an uncle traveling with many young ladies. Hotels can be reserved by entire entities who can trade/sell people floor by floor. The cover is that it's a party. It's terrible and terribly stream lined...

What if all big sports events are used as a distraction to move a great number of people from one slave trader to another?

Edit: changed "children" to "people", updated title

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[–] 30 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Who needs cover now. Ice does it out in the open.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

    It's so overwhelming... We can be there for our families, our neighbors, but this national/global scale... At least we're talking about how we don't like it? Lol that's not enough. I need to become a lawyer or something

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    • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The F1 races world wide are infamous for human trafficking and sexual assaults. Enough that the City of Montreal funded a study about it.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago*

    Dang... "Infamous" omg I have never been in the racing scene. Thank you for sharing this study ... I'm so surprised about the 32 PAGE STUDY ABOUT WOMEN'S SAFETY phew! I didn't expect it to be so through, but this has been a problem a long time.

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    • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    That’s a really good question. I wonder if there’s any data supporting this?

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    There's a fair amount of info online about human trafficking during the world cup sorry don't have time to find info now but a web search points to lots of stuff: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=human+trafficking+world+cup+football

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    • [–] [S] 9 points 9 months ago

    Interesting indeed, I had forgotten about private jets. The wealthy/celebrity lifestyle really is so different.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1r07pxb/hundreds_of_private_jets_departed_the_bay_area/

    https://www.businessinsider.com/super-bowl-lx-private-jets-kim-kardashian-jay-z-map-2026-2?op=1

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    [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The trafficking is associated with the incredible demand for Prostitutes.

    I have heard about the spike in trafficking that occurs associated with the Super Bowl for decades.

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    • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Rule 2 is that the entire thought must be in the title. Also, be mindful of rule 3, no politics.

    Would you be able to update the title?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Thank you for holding this safe place.

    I appreciate you telling me the rules directly to keep post up and keep the general discussion open.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Downvoted for trying to politely keep the rules relevant. This is a bad look, so I got you back to at least one. I've never been a mod, but this is the least heavy handed attempt I've seen on enforcing the rules.

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