Human trafficking is often described as modern-day slavery. In simple terms, it is when people are tricked, forced, or exploited into situations where they cannot freely leave. Traffickers use lies, threats, or violence to control victims, and the purpose is nearly always profit. This crime affects men, women, and children,…
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What is Human Trafficking? A Simple Explanation and Its Impact on Society
Human trafficking is one of the most serious crimes facing the world today. In plain terms, it is when people are tricked, forced, or exploited into situations where they cannot freely leave. Traffickers use lies, threats, and violence to control victims. The motive is almost always money, and the crime…
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Training People and Law Enforcement to Fight this Dark Cybercrime The internet has opened a portal for predators to target easy prey for human trafficking on a global scale. This cybercrime is tantamount to slavery and it is growing every day. The Equality Now Fact sheet indicates that sex trafficking…
Continue ReadingOnline Predators Use “Grooming” as a Lure for Human Trafficking of Young Women and Girls
The horror of human trafficking is the same as a form of sex slavery, but in our internet-driven world, abduction takes on a lurid aspect as it involves a process of grooming by the predator.
Continue ReadingChildren go missing – FACT!
It may be a fact that children go missing, but what can we do about it? We may not have the milk box strategy of the US, but South Africans are very aware of the problem. According to stats from 2013, taken from the South African Police Service Missing Persons…
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