In this workshop, attendees will learn how criminals use online applications to recruit juvenile victims. The presenter will share insight on the various grooming methods used by these perpetrators as they search for new victims online. The discussion will address online sites and trends pimps and exploiters are using both past and present. The presenters will explain how to create covert personas for online sites and applications to proactively investigate human trafficking and exploitation.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the commonly used social media platforms and messaging applications used by exploiters and traffickers.
Examine various communication exploiters and traffickers have used in the past to exploit their victims.
How to build proactive online platforms to identify and target exploiters and traffickers.
