January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. I talked with Phoenix’s Vice Mayor Jim Waring after a meeting on the subject to learn more about the Compass Plan. This innovative plan is tasked with creating a safe environment for the Super Bowl and spreading Phoenix’s anti-human trafficking message. After the Compass Plan was implemented, Cindy McCain and the McCain Institute, in conjunction with Arizona State University, somewhat debunked the theory that the Super Bowl is the largest event on the planet for human trafficking. Instead, their report found that although this deplorable activity travels with events such as the Super Bowl, it really is happening every day of the year.
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