Mexican drug cartels and other violent criminal gangs like MS-13 have weaponized social media, using the Internet as a literal force multiplier to intimidate, stalk and extort their victims.
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Crimes don’t happen on the deep dark web. Instead, criminals operate in plain sight, on the platforms with the greatest reach - Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, etc. Our experts, who come from a variety of sectors, are using this publicly available information to map out how criminal networks work on a global scale. With this research, we are working to change industry-wide behavior and reduce the scale of online trafficking. Learn about the issues that we are working on.
Mexican drug cartels and other violent criminal gangs like MS-13 have weaponized social media, using the Internet as a literal force multiplier to intimidate, stalk and extort their victims.
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