Similar concerns have been raised for major sporting events, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa this past June-July. With the new arrival of about 500,000 foreign fans to South Africa, as many as 40,000 were thought to be "sex workers" who were seeking economic opportunity from the surrounding impoverished countries, particularly Zimbabwe as well as from abroad. Because they presented themselves as prostitutes, it is hard to determine if they were coerced into commerical sex work or not. Many people consider prostitution to be a form of human trafficking because no one could "choose" that life and pimps often control the women. With the definition of trafficking being controlling, forcing, or threatening someone into labor or sexual services, many anti-human trafficking advocates debate as to whether prostitution is actually human trafficking or not.
So with the Super Bowl around the corner in February, many think that the same thing will happen right here in North Texas. Texas State Attorney General, Greg Abbott said "the Super Bowl is one of the biggest human trafficking events in the United States." View below video of the Fox News interview with Mosaic's Deputy Director, Bill Bernstein.
TABC Gets Proactive for Super Bowl 45: MyFoxDFW.com
The key to preventing human trafficking is awareness and education. Many people have been inquiring as to how they can help; We need your help in educating our community! There are many ways this can be done:
To start, you can...
- organize a group in your community to volunteer with Mosaic (volunteers are vital to providing services!)
- request a speaker from Mosaic to present on human trafficking.
- organize a showing of a documentary/movie about human trafficking, such as Cargo, request an entry fee and donate proceeds to Mosaic.
- learn how to recognize potential trafficking victims and how to report
(24 Hour Trafficking Hotline= Locally: 214-823-1911; Nationally: 1-888-373-7888).
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