Fake jobs, scholarships and romance scams fuel new wave of human trafficking – CID

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has warned of a growing trend of digital-enabled human trafficking, with criminals increasingly using social media, smartphones and encrypted messaging platforms to identify, recruit and exploit victims.

Romance scams are one of the oldest cons in the online world, but they continue to pull in new victims all of the time. Joint research by four universities suggests that AI chatbots are now even better at carrying out these scams than humans, and that’s a pretty scary prospect …

Survivor support mechanisms, digital monitoring systems strengthened to combat trafficking networks, says Salahuddin

The U.N. migration agency says people from more than 80 countries have been lured ‌in ‌through social media, with some being sexually abused.

IOM chief says victims from more than 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media.

People from more than 80 countries have been lured in through social media, with some being sexually abused