Trafficking in human beings: Internet recruitment
- Document number
- 3108
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Trafficking in human beings: Internet recruitment
- Author/publisher
- Council of Europe
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, International Law, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- traffickers, clients, internet, recruitment, telecommunications, technology, potential victims,
- Summary
This report, which is voluntarily funded by Monaco, follows the Council of Europe’s 2003 report on The impact of the use of new information technol- ogies on trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and attempts to tackle the issue from a new angle. Its sets out to show the various ways in which victims are recruited via the Internet, and also – given the Internet user boom – anticipate possible future techniques.