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Brazil is about to once again play host to a major sporting event, with the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic games to take place later this week. This sporting extravaganza has once again been accompanied by sensationalised media reports regarding an anticipated explosion of human trafficking. Moral panics and sporting events have been closely linked for over a decade now, with remarkably similar media reports regarding ‘a big spike in sex trafficking’ having accompanied coverage of international sporting events in countries such as Germany, South Africa, and the United States.
