How Traffickers Use Social Media?

Traffickers use social media to deceive victims and maintain control over them. These platforms have been a game-changer for traffickers — with this kind of technology at their fingertips, they can reach more people faster and often don't even ever have to meet their victims in person.

What tactics do human traffickers use?

Traffickers employ a variety of control tactics, the most common include physical and emotional abuse and threats, isolation from friends and family, and economic abuse. They make promises aimed at addressing the needs of their target in order to impose control.

How do traffickers use the internet?

Traffickers increasingly use internet technologies to advertise the services resulting from their victims' ex- ploitation. Examples of advertisements used to exploit victims include those on classified listing sites, such as Backpage347 and similar, or on social media platforms and applications (apps).