![]() If somebody sees me arrested like this, like the girls or the pimp or something, and then. (on patrol) We really do want to help get you out, OK? We started trying to figure out how can we help get them off the street and go after the pimp instead of the girls. (on patrol) Unfortunately, we keep coming across girls that are either really, really young older and thought they wanted to do it and changed their mind but don’t know how to get out anymore. We started talking to some girls, and once we realized why they were out there, we realized we were approaching it wrong. What part? How long have you been out here? (on patrol) Where are you from originally? California. They tell us to f off, and we book 'em, and we go about our business. It was more about addressing the community's complaints about seeing people out on the street. When we arrived in Phoenix in the fall of 2016, the police had just begun a new approach meant to treat the women and girls as victims, not criminals.īefore, it was just, arrest, book, arrest, book, arrest, book. (on police radio) Hey, Christi, if you can just come down, the one that Kris got is. If you’re exploiting someone else, and you’re using their body and using them to make money, you’re a trafficker. The thing is, no defense that you didn’t know how old she was. ![]() The very core of what trafficking is, is influencing, inducing, encouraging someone into a life of prostitution.įor 2 1/2 years, FRONTLINE followed a special police unit in Phoenix devoted to fighting sex trafficking.ĭETECTIVE HEIDI CHANCE, Phoenix anti-trafficking unit: Grab her, grab her, grab her! Hey! She’s running! We just used to call them pimps all the time. They started seeing it as a form of human trafficking.ĭETECTIVE CHRISTI DECOUFLÉ, Phoenix anti-trafficking unit:Ī pimp and a trafficker are the same thing. One of the first things they did was change the way they look at the problem. Like other cities around the country, Phoenix was looking for a new way to deal with a persistent problem: the sexual exploitation of women and girls. (on patrol) All right, we’re in the area. ![]() Sex trafficking is a huge problem around the world, including in the United States-īecause they expect there to be a big client base. There's always a lot of talk around any kind of a large sporting event about traffickers bringing their victims. You may be surprised to find out where sex trafficking’s at at the Super Bowl.ĭETECTIVE AMBER CAMPBELL, Phoenix anti-trafficking unit: Tonight, Phoenix is the town-īefore the Super Bowl came to Phoenix in 2015, the city began preparing for the arrival of tens of thousands of people-Īnd they worried that not all of them would be coming for the game. Super Bowl XLIX kicks off tomorrow in Glendale, Arizona-įans of the Seahawks and Patriots flying in, say they’re loving the location. Literally thousands of people are pouring into the Phoenix area today. ![]()
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