From the Examiner:
DENVER, Colorado - Advocates for people forced into prostitution are trying to prevent a surge in human trafficking during the Democratic National Convention.
On Saturday, volunteers fanned out across Denver to put up posters at hotels and other businesses that offer help to sex workers brought here against their will. One poster tells people of their rights in English and in Russian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Amanda Finger, director of the Colorado branch of the Washington-based Polaris Project, said experience at large events like the Super Bowl shows there's usually an increase in prostitution, including a spike in sex services offerings online. Some of those offers involve US and foreign citizens forced or coerced to work in prostitution.
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