Online Scam

Online Scams are a growing form of human trafficking, particularly in the sex trafficking of minors. Traffickers may use social media and other online platforms to lure vulnerable individuals into exploitation, using false promises of love or friendship to gain their trust. Once the victim has been lured into a relationship, the trafficker may begin to coerce them into performing sexual acts or sharing sexually explicit material. Online scams can be particularly difficult to investigate and prosecute, as traffickers can operate from anywhere in the world and may use encryption and other tools to conceal their activities.

 

Personal Safety In the Digital Age: 30 Essential Online Safety Tips
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Personal Safety In the Digital Age: 30 Essential Online Safety Tips

ByBilly Joe Cain

Importance of online safety in today’s digital age. In today’s digital age, online safety is of paramount importance due to the pervasive integration of technology into various aspects of our lives. The internet offers incredible opportunities for communication, learning, and productivity, but it also presents numerous risks and threats. Here are key reasons why online…

Fake overseas job recruitment scams lead to human trafficking traps for East Africa youth
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Fake overseas job recruitment scams lead to human trafficking traps for East Africa youth

ByEyes on Trafficking News

On 23 May, Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) issued an arrest warrant for Wycliffe Onguti Magara. Magara had been identified as the head of a local human trafficking network that recruits East Africans online with the promise of job opportunities in Southeast Asia. But once they arrive, victims are forced to work for cybercrime…

Hundreds of thousands trafficked into cyber scamming in Southeast Asia, UN says
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Hundreds of thousands trafficked into cyber scamming in Southeast Asia, UN says

ByEyes on Trafficking News

More than 200,000 people are being forced to carry out cyber scams in Southeast Asia, the United Nations estimates. A report published Tuesday by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights documents the monumental scale of trafficking into an illicit industry that took off following the pandemic and shows no sign of slowing…

UN report links SE Asia crypto scams to human trafficking
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UN report links SE Asia crypto scams to human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A recent UN report reveals hundreds of thousands of vulnerable migrants have been forced to participate in online scams. It confirms allegations made in a previous FBI report. The new report by the United Nations Human Rights Office has exposed the full scale of horrific human rights abuses taking place inside Southeast Asia’s shadowy network of…

Trafficked and tortured, thousands forced to scam in SE Asia
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Trafficked and tortured, thousands forced to scam in SE Asia

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The BBC recounts the findings from a UN report that details how hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are lured to Southeast Asia through false promises and then trafficked to run online scams under severe threat.   “People who have been trafficked into online forced criminality… are subject to torture and cruel inhuman…

Indonesian Police uncovers organ trafficking syndicate while investigating a human trafficking case – The Online Citizen Asia
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Indonesian Police uncovers organ trafficking syndicate while investigating a human trafficking case – The Online Citizen Asia

ByEyes on Trafficking News

INDONESIA — The recent revelation of a human trafficking case has led the police to uncover an organ trafficking scheme. A syndicate has been sending a number of Indonesian citizens abroad to have their kidneys harvested. The victims have been deprived of adequate medical care. The Minister of Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD,…

Satellites spy on human trafficking ‘compounds’ (photo)
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Satellites spy on human trafficking ‘compounds’ (photo)

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The International Justice Mission (IJM) says a partnership with the space technology company Maxar is allowing it to track the growth of “compounds,” places where people are forced to work as online scammers in Southeast Asia. The IJM publicized this effort in a tweet that featured three years of imagery captured by Maxar Earth-observing satellites….

US Department of State report warns casinos in Asian border towns, special economic zones increasingly used for human trafficking
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US Department of State report warns casinos in Asian border towns, special economic zones increasingly used for human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

  The US Department of State (DOS) has described the trafficking of humans through casinos across Asia as a growing concern, with the practice particularly prevalent in Special Economic Zones and border towns such as Sihanoukville in Cambodia and the infamous “Golden Triangle”. The issue was outlined in the department’s 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report,…

US says fight against human trafficking must include boys, young men 
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US says fight against human trafficking must include boys, young men 

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The United States on Thursday denounced the little-known but growing global phenomenon of boys and young men caught up in forced labor trafficking. The condemnation came as part of a wider criticism of what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called “concerning trends” in human trafficking in general. In presenting the State Department’s annual 188-country trafficking…