Residents say it's gone from 30 women walking the street to zero. And it's all thanks to the traffic barricades. However, the problem didn't travel far.
Trafficking operations have long plagued this area, but recent construction pushed the problem directly across from St. Anthony's grade school and church back in February. The parish pastor, Father Ghebriel Woldai, spoke to the I-Team about the increase in violent shootings near the church."But, Father, we know prayer alone isn't going to solve the problem.
In February, the alleged sex work and trafficking operations crowded at least seven blocks from E. 15th to 22nd Avenues. Sources told the I-Team that operations are becoming more discreet, occasionally visible in the Little Saigon neighborhood along International Boulevard. The I-Team met with members of the San Antonio Neighborhood Coalition, a group of concerned parents and neighbors, who are working to address the impacts to other schools."The pimps have recruiters, or they're recruiters themselves, and they'll park outside the schools and they'll try to attract girls to come and talk to them -- to get in their car and see if they can get them to participate," Pisano said.
"Our students are known to go to San Antonio Park, which is about a block away from our school, and there has been very suspicious individuals and cars around there," Deanda said.
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