Identifying sex trafficking in Adult Services Websites: an exploratory study with a British police force

Human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation and modern slavery have experienced an unprecedented boom over the past decade due to the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs), particularly in digital and networked environments. These developments have created new opport...

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1. VerfasserIn: L’Hoiry, Xavier (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Moretti, Alessandro ; Antonopoulos, Georgios
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Trends in organized crime
Jahr: 2024, Band: 27, Heft: 1, Seiten: 34-55
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