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Date or Target: The Dangerous Link between Human Trafficking and Online Dating

All she desired was companionship. Instead, she found herself locked in a cruel cycle of sexual exploitation. Shockingly enough, the one who put her there was someone who had professed to love and care for her. With one click of a button, one swipe, Chelsie Lancaster found herself in an unlikely situation. She was selling her body for money at the …

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Tech vs. Human Trafficking 

The advancement of technology has played an essential role in the rapid growth of human trafficking. Perpetrators use social media as a means to access and groom potential victims. Pimps misuse of online personal advertisements to attract customers and sexually exploit victims. Still, other traffickers buy and sell victims through the anonymity of the Dark Web. Undoubtedly, traffickers are tech-savvy, …

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Human Trafficking and Retail

It’s official. We are now in the midst of “the most wonderful time of the year.” The holiday season has begun and the usual hustle and bustle of retail centers, has evolved into that joyous, yearly frenzy known to all as Christmas shopping. However, as masses of shoppers descend upon their local malls, so do those with more nefarious intents.  …