While Americans gathered around their televisions Sunday night to watch the showdown between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, an FBI sting operation successfully rescued from the sex trade 16 children, some as young as 13, who were brought to the Super Bowl in East Rutherford, New Jersey, by their pimps.
Nearly 50 pimps and their associates were arrested in the operation, FBI officials announced on Tuesday. Some of the traffickers admitted to having traveled to New Jersey from various other states in order to force women and children to engage in sexual acts with Super Bowl tourists for money.
"High-profile special events, which draw large crowds, have become lucrative opportunities for child prostitution criminal enterprises," Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, said in a statement. "The FBI and our partners remain committed to stopping this cycle of victimization and putting those who try to profit from this type of criminal activity behind bars."
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