Abstract
This short article two NGO workers’ experience providing legal and social support to twenty Venezuelan women who were trafficked through the use of social media and chat apps. It shows how the digital evidence from online interactions between the women and their traffickers was used in the investigation and successful prosecution of the case. The article concludes, however, that this does not apply to all women that the NGO supports, and thus digital evidence, and technology, have only limited application in anti-trafficking efforts.
Highlights
In 2018, a woman from Venezuela claimed asylum in Austria on the grounds of being a victim of human trafficking. Her claim led to an extensive criminal investigation and seventeen women pressed charges against six defendants
As LEFÖ-IBF staff who supported the women, we observed first-hand how technology in general and evidence gathered from digital technologies in particular can open up new possibilities in criminal proceedings
We witnessed the negative impact of the use of digital evidence on the women
Summary
In 2018, a woman from Venezuela claimed asylum in Austria on the grounds of being a victim of human trafficking. The Use of Digital Evidence in Human Trafficking Investigations This case was exceptional both in terms of the volume of digital evidence gathered and the testimonies of the women.
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