Although most practitioners are familiar with internet-facilitated child sex crimes, these factors may present differently when used to facilitate trafficking and sextortion. Attendees will learn how offenders use the internet to recruit victims, solicit sex purchasers, and expand their commercial sex operations. The presenter will also discuss the ways that sextortion has transitioned from an act of interpersonal child victimization to one of commercial sexual exploitation.
Learning Objectives:
Differentiate human trafficking from other forms of nefarious online activity and understand the way that trafficking shifts from online to real life victimization.
Develop techniques to address the ways that trauma informs victim selection and isolation in human trafficking cases.
Understand the changing nature of sextortion and implement strategies for mitigating the harmful effects on youth.
