The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting and tv event within the country. Tens of hundreds will flock to the stadium, and tens of millions will watch from home. Nonetheless, at events like this, it is crucial we keep track of not only the sport but in addition the potential victims of human trafficking who’re vulnerable at these large gatherings. Every yr, 50 million persons are trafficked somewhere on the planet for either labor or sex.
Joining Gloria on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” is Sister Anne Victory, a board member at U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking, who has led efforts against human trafficking for over a decade.
In accordance with the U.S. Sisters Against Human Trafficking, this crime “occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud or coercion to manage one other person for the aim of engaging in industrial sex acts or soliciting labor or services against his/her will.”
Sister Anne describes probably the most common circumstances wherein people get trafficked, profiles of traffickers and what to look out for. Should you suspect someone is being trafficked, please call (888) 373-7888. Even in the event you’re not certain, Sister Anne encourages you to report what you see and leave the investigation with local law enforcement who’re specially trained for these cases: “Just know that they’d moderately have you ever report it and save someone’s life than be incorrect.”
While the subject of human trafficking is dark, Sister Anne continues to search out hope in her work to finish it. “I feel one in every of the ways in which I keep the religion is I’ve seen the difference since once we began 15 years ago working on this. And now persons are a bit of more aware,” Sister Anne says. “Even becoming educated about it’s doing something, becoming involved in fair trade and understanding what fair trade is and the way our purchases make a difference, or how the stock we hold makes a difference.”
