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Human smugglers on the web

Rachel Baig, Yasmina Al-Gannabi, Sella OnekoJune 26, 2015

It's hard to believe, but human smugglers operate in the open on the social web. With a few easy steps and Arab language skills, we were able to find a smuggler and arrange a fictive journey. The results are shocking.

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