"The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued a warning yesterday about the continued threat posed by human traffickers luring victims online. Using tactics such as coercion, fraud, force, and bogus job offers, the criminals scour social media sites and dating platforms in an attempt to exploit the personal situations of down on their luck individuals by promising to help them out.
“Offenders often exploit dating apps and websites to recruit – and later advertise – sex trafficking victims"
"The criminals usually pose as work recruiters, modeling agents or scouts, lulling potential victims with fake career prospects or offers of a helping hand."
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/03/17/fbi-warns-human-traffickers-luring-victims-dating-apps/
"The criminal will send a friendly Facebook message to the girl in hopes that she will agree to meet him. In this message, he tells her that she is pretty and if she’s interested in making money. At this point, he takes a chance on whether or not she will ignore his message or reply back and agree to meet somewhere."
http://www.skepticalworld.com/sex-traffickers-instagram/
"Ms Miracle realised something was wrong when the girls approached her ticket counter at Sacramento Airport to check-in for a one-way first-class flight"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/instagram-sex-trafficking-plot-stopped-airline-agent-denice-miracle-a8216726.html
"Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/apple-threatened-to-pull-facebook-and-instagram-from-its-app-store-over-maid-abuse
"women trafficked in this way being subjected to physical and sexual abuse, being deprived of food and pay, and having their travel documents confiscated so they can't escape"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/tech/facebook-instagram-app-store-ban-human-trafficking/index.html
"All day, me and other girls sat with our laptops, posting pictures and answering ads on Craigslist."
https://archive.humanevents.com/2010/09/15/dems-profit-from-craigslists-sex-slave-scene/
"Identifying tattoos related to human trafficking can make it easier for you to help intervene and provide assistance to these victims."
https://www.napnappartners.org/tattoos-human-trafficking-victims
"As far as sex trafficking stuff sometimes different animals can mean something different foods or fruits,” Crawford said."
https://www.kgun9.com/news/human-trafficking/secret-codes-and-language-used-by-kids-and-traffickers
"Recent headlines unveil stories of a serial predator targeting Black women in the sex trade"
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/the-urgent-crisis-of-missing-black-women-and-girls