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A new digital system promises to make police work in the fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation significantly easier. The system, “STIM” (Sexual Trafficking Identification Matrix), was developed at the University of Sheffield in the UK, and has already been used successfully by several investigating authorities and NGOs. Sexual Trafficking Identification Matrix The tool analyses ads […]

In our fast-paced digital world, we often speak of great progress and prosperity for all that technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are supposed to bring. Yet while the benefits of digitalisation are celebrated in the Global North, a troubling pattern is emerging in the Global South: digital colonialism. How click farms fuel neocolonialism Digital

When danger is imminent and you cannot scream for help – how can you protect yourself? Many of us have wondered that, but who truly knows the answer? A six-year-old girl did. She reported her own abduction to the police because she stayed alert and used the right hand signal at the right moment.  The

Glamour, flashbulbs and an international career – this is how numerous supposed modelling agencies lure young people who dream of breaking into the fashion business. But behind the glittering promises often lies a dangerous business model that destroys dreams and leaves those affected with high costs. Invitations reach interested parties by email, post or social

Marriage scammers deliberately target single women and men. They shower them with compliments and maintain contact. The victims long for affection, attention, and love; they are blinded by the offenders’ promises, and only after the wedding – or after the goals have been achieved – do the scammers show their true colors.   The desire to

Sean John Combs, better known by his pseudonyms “P. Diddy” or “Puff Daddy”, is an American rapper, music producer and entrepreneur. Now 55 years old, Combs became one of the most successful musicians in the world in the 1990s with songs such as I’ll Be Missing You and Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down.  In 2006, Time magazine even

Since 2022, Cambodia has been regarded as the epicenter of a growing human rights crisis linked to a global phenomenon most people only know superficially: spam calls, fraudulent SMS, or phishing emails. What is often dismissed as an everyday nuisance has a dark flip side. Behind many of these digital scams stand highly organized networks

Gaslighting refers to a type of psychological manipulation in which victims` reality is distorted to such an extent that they can no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.  This kind of psychological abuse takes its name from the play “Gaslight” by Patrick Hamilton, from 1938. The play is about a man who tortures his wife with

The global fight against human trafficking and modern slavery requires leading personalities whose expert knowledge and perspectives are based on their own experience: survivors themselves. Their courage, resilience and deep insights are crucial if effective guidelines and programmes are to be developed. Despite their expert knowledge and dedication, however, “survivor leaders” and the organisations led

They leave their homeland to earn money for their families, and have no idea they are to be exploited, abused and discriminated against in their new place of residence and work. In Saudi Arabia, unfortunately, it is anything but a one-off for domestic workers from Kenya to be suffering such a fate. Amnesty International is