Law enforcement expects RNC event to increase sex trafficking in Tampa Bay.
TAMPA BAY - Clearwater Police anticipate at least a 50 percent increase in sex trafficking cases when the Republican National Convention comes to Tampa in August.
Some of those cases involving adults, and some involve children forced to come to Tampa and sell sex.
Clearwater Police Detective George Koder often uses backpage.com, a popular website, as a starting point to investigate sex trafficking.
A simple search for “Tampa” brought up at least eight pages with ads like, “Here’s breath-taking peaches from Palm Harbor”, saying one thing, while meaning another.
But that's nothing compared to what Detective Koder anticipates come the week of August 27th.
"You're going to see an increased amount of ads with new faces."
An estimated 50,000 people will travel to Tampa in August for the Republican National Convention, an event unlike any Tampa has hosted since Super Bowl 2009.
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Lock up your young boys and farm animals. The GOP's coming to town.
