According to KSL<\/a>, the Utah Attorney General’s Office went undercover at parties and red carpet events at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. What were they looking for? Human Trafficking. The Attorney General’s office defines human trafficking as “a modern-day form of slavery involving the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain. Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to lure their victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation.”<\/p>\nKSL says that the investigators didn’t find anything specific but\u00a0“when it comes to the human trafficking element, we gained a lot of intelligence this year. We’re going to build a better game plan for next year. We do know there are some signs of human trafficking during Sundance,” said Nate Mutter, section chief for the attorney general’s public corruption unit. Next year they say they are going to try to attend more high end parties where it may take more cash to receive an invite.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Sean Reyes did make it clear that human trafficking isn’t something specific to Sundance but that the activity often accompanies\u00a0large scale events around the country.<\/p>\n
To me, it all seems like something out of HBO’s True Detective, where high rollers\u00a0are willing to pay to get WHATEVER\u00a0they want. I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising that those types of people come to Park City\u00a0for one of the biggest film festivals in the world. It’s unfortunate that it happens anywhere. It’s especially unfortunate that something that Park City depends upon seems to have such a seedy underbelly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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