Experts warn holiday shopping is prime time for human trafficking recruiters
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WPEC) — Black Friday and the crazy holiday shopping season: the sales, the decorations.
The last thing on your mind is probably human trafficking.
But a Florida victim’s advocate says this is prime time for sex crimes and there’s a tactic criminals are now using that parents need to know about.
Young faces, including teens, are being used as recruiters. They might say they work for a modeling agency.
Then they’ll ask for a cell phone number.
“And begin a grooming process and also social media because they can use GPS coordinates to locate the child,” said Lynne Barletta, founder of Catch The Wave of Hope.
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