Fox News
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

Sex trafficking at Super Bowl a big problem

Details

  • Description

    Indiana officials pass legislation, nuns work to curb felonious acts

  • Duration 2:15
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

So -- the players and coaches and fans -- ready for the big game on Sunday authorities are bracing for an onslaught of the oldest profession.

-- -- apparently from the state legislature in Indianapolis to the local nuns are trying to prevent exploitation.

Mike tells us a road trip he's in Chicago what you find out my.

We -- -- with a big -- you get big spenders and big drinkers and that creates an environment that is right for prostitution.

One of the first groups to engage in battle with would be -- -- the Catholic nuns from the sisters of holy cross and South Bend, Indiana.

They're focusing their fight on immigrants and children who may be forced into prostitution and force to work the big game.

And here's an interesting point you probably didn't know the nuns make up and investment group.

They invested in the big hotel change.

They launched a human trafficking awareness campaign and use their clout as investors to make the hotel's pay attention.

This seemed like this would be an opportunity to use.

Some of our investments that are in some hotels.

To help educate those hotels to the fact that this is a reality.

That there are steps that they can take and it's important to was that.

They respond to this.

And the nuns are not in this fight alone governor Mitch Daniels just signed into law.

-- penalties increase penalties for would be -- particularly those who exploit children.

Anyone who transport or harbor someone for the purpose of prostitution.

And as divided as the Indiana legislature was this year they came together for this law -- passed unanimously it passed without debate.

Now there are people out there in the Blogosphere who say that every year the Specter of human trafficking.

Rises up with a Super Bowl and the hookers never arrive in mass as they -- forecast but if you look at the end result here.

You have laws that crackdown on -- particularly those who would exploit children.

You have greater awareness about human trafficking.

And you have a bunch of nuns who owns stock in hotels.

Who could be against that bill.

You put it altogether -- This is certainly well I think.

Hi this dreaded did you throw that arriving on masks and -- is in the best and -- -- just kind of technology not you know it's his daughter and -- as they keep everything cool that.

Load More