INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE - Oct 10 - Human traffickers are exploiting social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat, as well as dating apps such as Tinder, Blendr, and Yellow to hunt for potential underage victims, reveals a new study by the Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute of the University of Toledo in Ohio, US. The study was requested by the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking Commission. The study outlined how traffickers connect to vulnerable youth online, groom the children to form quicker relationships, avoid detection, and move the connections from online to in-person.
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