Trafficking: after F1, SB and WC, the eclipse

[gugu]

http://nebraska.tv/news/local/nebra...se-could-increase-sex-trafficking-in-nebraska

Nebraska LE fear human trafficking during the august eclipse.

But wait... let's make sure it happens, let's create the problem.

"Leading up to the total eclipse, NSP along with law enforcement agencies across the state will be taking steps to combat the crime. Kavan says troopers will be working to lure in people looking to buy sex.

"We put an ad on Backpage, Craigslist; one of those types of websites to try and get what we would refer to as buyers to come in and make a deal," he said. Kavan also told NTV News NSP will also respond to online sex advertisements, hoping to rescue trafficking survivors in the process.

 

[ssj3]

Patron, are you saying human sex trafficking isn't a major problem? I have found all of your posts very informative and intelligent in the past, but I think you're wrong here. I have a very good friend that volunteers a large portion of her free time helping to prevent trafficking and rehabilitating victims of said crime. The stories she's told me have been downright scary.

 

[westwoody]

Eclipse Fetish is a big thing. This will be their only chance for an orgasm until the next century.

Seriously...nobody in their right mind would visit Nebraska for any reason. Those cops are dreaming.

 

[gugu]

Patron, are you saying human sex trafficking isn't a major problem?

My answer would vary according to how you define human trafficking and, most importantly, what you consider to be a major problem.

Let's keep it simple. A major problem could be one of two things, or both. The first is something of a great gravity and sour consequences. A homicide is a major problem in itself and in comparison with a robbery.

The second thing it can mean is something bad that occurs frequently, that is rampant or that is on the rise.

The proponents of the moral panic push a lot on first button, showing normally flowering young girls in chains, with all sorts of marks and dirt spots on their body. The iconography they can develop around that theme is limitless. But there are 2 sides of that coin. The other is the incidence (number of new cases for a period, a year for example, divide by the population)

Well, there are so few convictions every year in Canada that it's almost insignificant, certainly not rampant. Nothing showing a phenomenon on the rise. The tip of an iceberg? I've never seen convincing argument that it is. The part under the sea level is mostly hearsay and unchallenged assertions or confessions.

My hat to your friend. Ask her if sex work is the issue causing the problem of the people she helps. It happens, but rarely I would presume. When there is a trauma in play, it is rarely linked to sex work. But, of course, a sex worker can also get killed.

Human trafficking rarely happens, it's less than 10 cases per year in the province of Québec and a fair amount concern minors (for whom the convictions of human trafficking can occur without the use of force or threats).

The last important question to ask is that of public resource allocation to combat that crime specifically. Who seriously think resources are lacking? Certainly not police forces. Those saying there's not enough money are those who's jobs depend on that money.

Globally, no, I don't think it's a major problem. The incidence is too low. It'a major problem for the real victims, of course. But that does not suffice to call it a major societal problem.

 

[Chris P. Bacon]

The media and politicians exaggerate the situation.

 

[westwoody]

The media and politicians exaggerate the situation.

And they devalue the real cases when they constantly cry wolf.