World Trafficking Day: Internet use now integrated into traffickers’ business model - UN

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Mr Guterres added that human traffickers are also leveraging the negative impacts of COVID-19 to exploit their victims.

has said traffickers now use the internet to easily gain access to customers, particularly sex buyers.

The theme for 2022, “Use and Abuse of Technology,” focuses on the role of technology as a tool that can enable and stop human trafficking.According to the UN Secretary-General, online platforms now allow traffickers to deceive and recruit people with false promises. “Human traffickers are taking advantage of these vulnerabilities, using sophisticated technology to identify, track, control and exploit victims.

He said: “We need Governments, regulators, businesses and civil society joining forces to invest in policies, laws and technology-based solutions that can identify and support victims, locate and punish perpetrators, and ensure a safe, open and secure internet for all.

 

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