Reply #21: SUPER BOWL link to child prostitution

[ChazII]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/02/04/83780/volunteers-fight-dark-side-of.html

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"The Super Bowl is obviously a really big deal for prostitution," Sandy Skelaney, a program manager at Kristi House, a program for sexually abused children, told the group. "We have a bunch of girls being brought down by pimps."

Just as police, hoteliers, restaurateurs and retailers have prepared for the big game, so too have children's advocates. For weeks, volunteers have printed fliers, prepared scripts and organized outreach teams in an effort to identify — and, with luck — rescue girls who are being forced into prostitution.

Last year, when the Super Bowl was held in Tampa, the Florida Department of Children & Families took in 24 children who were brought to the city to serve as sex workers, said Regina Bernadin, DCF's statewide human-trafficking coordinator.