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With the help of the internet, trafickers have learnt to adapt their strategies to efectively target specific victims, by actively ‘hunting’ those who they deem as vulnerable to falling victim to traficking, or passively ‘fishing’ for potential victims by posting advertisements and waiting for potential victims to respond.
- The Role of Technology in Human Trafficking
Research conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
- The Role of Technology in Human Trafficking
Research conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows how victims are being targeted and recruited via social media and online dating platforms where personal information and details of people’s locations are readily available.
Mar 19, 2024 · Discover the dark side of social media in human trafficking. Explore the role of online platforms, the rise of modern slavery, and efforts to combat it. Traffickers use social media platforms to identify and target potential victims, exploiting their vulnerabilities through false promises.
Knowing the way in which victims of trafficking, survivors, and children engage with social media is essential to understanding the emerging trends surrounding the recruitment process of minors, as well as how traffickers proliferate their lucrative operations through selling victims online.
Oct 30, 2021 · Research conducted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows how victims are being targeted and recruited via social media and online dating platforms, where personal information and...
Aug 22, 2024 · Types of Human Trafficking. Current Laws Against Human Trafficking. Recognizing When a Child is Being Trafficked. Talking to Your Child About Human Trafficking and Social Media. Unfortunately, technology has made it easier for human traffickers to find potential victims.
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Human trafficking involves immigration and migration concerns, economic inequality concerns, and human rights and gender rights violations to a criminal activity, but it is framed in the media as simply a crime or a transnational security threat (Farrell & Fahy, 2009).