Use of Social Networking Technology in Sex Trafficking

Book excerpt: The rise of the Internet and mobile phone usage can work in support of traffickers, helping them to keep a low profile and facilitating human trafficking rings on a global scale—especially for commercial sex exploitation, where traffickers use the Internet as a tool to target vulnerable women and children. Based on the theoretical and empirical evidence from Northeast India, Use of Social Networking Technology in Sex Trafficking leads the way to comprehending the need for further research on technology security to combat sex trafficking.