Human Trafficking And The Dark Web

Stories about human trafficking which occurs around the world have been hard by everyone even though most of us think it is unbelievable why these things are happening. According to Homeland Security Investigations, millions of men, women, and children become victims of human trafficking. Criminals are becoming tech-savvy and indulging in human trafficking on dark web because it allows them to hide their activity of human trafficking deep inside the web from where it can become increasingly difficult to track and monitor the criminals. Human trafficking deep web is one of the new ways criminals have devised to hide their online activity.

Reports published on January 31, 2017, reported that incidences of human trafficking had jumped by 35% in 2016. The report also mentioned that most survivors of human trafficking were recruited for labor trafficking as well as sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is an ongoing problem which is affecting large numbers of innocents. Reports are also available to show that the dark web is helping to push this despicable crime deeper into secrecy.

The dark web is a part of the deep web used by criminals to intentionally hide their identities. Specialized software that allows websites and uses to communicate without exposing their IP addresses is possible on the dark web. Things are made even easier when developers of free software which allows users to access and communicate in the dark web by using virtual tunnels instead of direct connections which allow the user to use many servers operated by volunteers around the world to bounce the information to ensure the identity of the location remains hidden. The deep web is intrinsically not a bad technology but studies have indicated that approximately 60% of all deep web content is managing illegal activity in the form of human trafficking.

As mentioned earlier criminals are becoming extremely tech-savvy and keeping their activities online making it crucial for agencies to keep pace with all data sources in their possession and efforts for tracking down criminals while detecting their activity at the same time. The dark web allows criminals to circumvent the challenges because of techniques to encrypt communication along with webpages which are published and disappear within seconds. It has become increasingly difficult to track and monitor criminals as they are discovering fresh ways to stay ahead of the agencies for keeping their online activity secret.

Monitoring suspicious activity on the dark web which is a hub of illegal activities of all kinds apart from human trafficking despite being difficult is possible with the monitoring features of Cobwebs. Entire websites have been dedicated to this cause along with detailed instructions of how to proceed.

The expert analysts from Cobwebs have invested years of research in the dark web with ample skills and knowledge required to recognize patterns of criminal activity and detect illegal activity whenever it is observed. The solutions from Cobwebs provide the ideal tools to monitor the dark web along with comprehensive information and the training needed by agents to successfully and efficiently identify criminal activity. Analysts become capable of making significant progress with their investigations with the system from Cobwebs which can be set up to trace and alert users with information of the relevant keywords used by traffickers.

Upon receipt of any alert's related to human trafficking, agency analysts can respond immediately by using the dark web virtual agents provided by the solution. HUMINT has also been infused in such operations to help prevent the crime from occurring while keeping the agents entirely anonymous without exposing them to any kinds of risks.

The solutions from Cobwebs is helping agencies to find and track criminals online by scanning all layers of the web including the darkest. The technology can support the operational activities of the agency along with complex investigation as the analysts continue working on the dark web by remaining anonymous and simplifying their navigation in this eerie realm of the Internet. Analysts can connect and assess data while gaining intelligence insights from the powerful platform powered by AI when they begin using Cobwebs dark web capabilities.