Brad Dennis-Klaas Kids Foundation PPT

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Human Trafficking and the
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children at Large Events
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Super Bowl Outreach –last 4 years:
 Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking
 Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans
 KlaasKIDS Foundation
 Global Child Rescue
 FREE International
identify
Infusion of people and
money into the area
Party atmosphere
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Increase of potential customers and money base
due to event
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Increased amount of online escort ad postings
leading up to and during event

Increase of potential trafficking victims brought to
event from out-of-state

Specific ads focused on event customers
Backpage.com (Indianapolis) Female Escort Ad Posts
in Run-up to Super Bowl XLVI (as of 3 Feb / midnight )
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12/8/2011
12/15/2011
12/22/2011
12/29/2011
1/5/2012
1/12/2012
1/19/2012
1/26/2012
2/2/2012
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Phase 1 – Education and Awareness
 Law Enforcement, hotels, transportation agencies, host
event committee
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Phase 2 – Street Outreach
 Event venues, hotels, transportation locations
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Phase 3 – Online Monitoring
 Trafficking indicators, victim identification and metric
collection
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Phase 4 – Missing Child Search
 Flyer distribution and awareness
FOUR GIRLS RESCUED – DUE TO AN
OBSERVANT PATROL OFFICER –
PHOENIX
January 2008 – Phoenix Super Bowl
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Deon Richerson was arrested for promoting
prostitution of 4 teenage girls
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Ages 14, 15, 17 and 18
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Three were from California and one was from
Oregon – all runaways
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Officers comment – “These girls were terrified of
him (Richerson)”
Dallas Super Bowl - 2011
Notice the bruising and blurred face
INDICATORS:
Keyword
Potential
Out-of-area
Trafficking
Indicators
Blocked
image
Out-of-area phone #
She’s really 16
Dallas Super Bowl 2011
Indianapolis Super Bowl - 2012
Wig
Needle marks
Multiple bruises
Indianapolis Super Bowl - 2012
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