I heard consultants describing the current time as a valley in the fight against human trafficking. COVID-19 is changing human trafficking and prevention efforts. Children are more vulnerable for labor and sex trafficking, because they are not physically required to assemble in a school. There are fewer social engagements to witness the signs of human trafficking and report it. An increase in poverty is leaving adults and children more vulnerable as victims. Traffickers are moving to online tools to exploit more people out of necessity. Online there are less witnesses and less rescue opportunities. The lured victims are more vulnerable to disease. The wearing of masks make identification of a victim more difficult. There are fewer places for victims of human trafficking to escape to, because hospitals are overflowing, shelter in place orders, and fewer businesses in general being open.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking · MIT Computational Law Report
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