Last year, the End It movement, an organization directed at fighting human slavery, posted a video showcasing a group of young, female sex slaves being driven around in the back of a transparent truck. The video begins with a scene where a young girl is dragged out of a building and is then thrown into the back of a large truck by her captors. This video aimed to increase awareness of sex slavery in the United States, especially during sporting events. The video was actually filmed during a large sporting event in Atlanta and it was witnessed by over 60,00 people.
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Sex trafficking during large sporting events like the Super Bowl has gained a lot of attention over this past year. According to the Nation Center for Missing and Exploited Children, during the 2010 Miami Super Bowl, more than 10,000 exploited women and children were trafficked. In response, during this years Super Bowl in New Jersey, Governor Christ Christie has made a pledge to amp up police presence to prevent the trading and selling of young girls and women. He has partnered with the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking to train Super Bowl workers to spot the signs of sex trafficking and to raise general awareness and to support local organizations such as SOAP (Save our Adolescents from Prostitution).
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