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Sex trafficking: dark side of the Super Bowl

As thousands of fans flood to Dallas for this weekend's Super Bowl, young girls are being forcibly brought to the city to participate in a game that has nothing to do with American football.

Football fans gather around a large Super Bowl XLV display in downtown Dallas, Texas. As thousands of fans flood to Dallas for this weekend's Super Bowl, young girls are being forcibly brought to the city to participate in a game that has nothing to do with American football.

Police and women's groups have joined together to clamp down on what they fear will be rampant sex trafficking, a modern form of slavery involving pimps selling girls and young women who have been coerced into prostitution.

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