{"id":24116,"date":"2021-02-05T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24116"},"modified":"2021-02-05T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:20:17","slug":"ice-super-bowl-human-trafficking-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/02\/05\/ice-super-bowl-human-trafficking-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP, ICE, State and Local Law Enforcement Team Up to Fight the Dark Underbelly of the Super Bowl: Human Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People all over the country will celebrate Super Bowl LV on Sunday, but for many, it carries a much darker connotation \u2014 sex trafficking. In the past, it has been estimated that approximately 10,000<\/a> victims are trafficked into cities that host the Super Bowl during the week of the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supply and demand is at the heart of this disgusting enterprise.\nBig sporting events, political conventions, conferences, big holiday\ndestinations, or any number of other major events draw traffickers to the area,\nespecially gatherings where attendance is male dominated. Like any other\nindustry, human traffickers are driven by money and are looking for places where\ntheir market will flourish. Unfortunately, the Super Bowl creates the perfect opportunity\nfor traffickers as it is largely male attended, people have large amounts of cash,\nand plenty of extra time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Super Bowl will look a little different this year due to continued coronavirus restrictions, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) play important roles that get very little attention. In addition to monitoring for human trafficking at airports and our nation\u2019s borders, CBP and ICE\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) personnel are partnering with local, state and federal law enforcement in the Tampa Bay area, where the game is being played this year. Both ICE and CBP have a \u201clong-standing relationship<\/a> with the NFL to protect against terrorist threats, economic fraud, transnational crime and a host of other criminal activity<\/a>.\u201d On a daily basis, CBP<\/a> plays a critical role in disrupting international sex trafficking and identifying both traffickers and victims before they enter the interior of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, similar to previous years, CBP\u2019s Air and Marine\nOperations (AMA) is employing a number of tactics to deter human trafficking,\nincluding: <\/p>\n\n\n\n