Its elements Europol for loverboy action
It could be named human trafficking, with victims girls or boys. The loverboy is a character, usually digital, who tries to make his victims fall in love with him, in a way.
The reason for this behavior is to put its victims under its influence, with the ultimate goal of exploiting them in the sex industry.
According to Europol the victims are usually boys or girls with low financial status, who will easily be fooled by expensive gifts, or a promise of a good and comfortable life. Some of the victims have even left their families, chasing an illusion of romance or comfort. The loverboy will watch his victim and make his impact either via the internet, or by meeting him, and proposing romantic encounters. The first step will be to gain the victim's trust.
A topic of discussion will be traveling abroad "for a better life". The country to which the victim will arrive, together with the "loverboy" will be the seat of his new trap, as it will start there against his will to be extradited, for the most part. Romance is lost, as direct manipulation begins, with violent detention, abuse, withholding of personal information, confinement. The victim is now in the hands of a prostitution gang.
There should be a great deal of awareness of this situation, from all social media users, as these are the pre-eminent seat of action for loverboys.
Europol is sounding the alarm based on the data it has collected (more than 100 Women from the beginning of 2020 until today have fallen victim to this trap).
Describing the whole context, Europol describes him as - in a way - an employee of the whole flesh trafficking system, the loverboy, who thus earns a large daily wage.
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