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Sat Jan 21, 2023, 03:32 AM Jan 2023

What is terrifying 'Loverboy' sex trafficking method allegedly used by Andrew Tate

https://www.indy100.com/viral/loverboy-sex-trafficking-andrew-tate

Harry Fletcher
Jan 05, 2023
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Victoria De Vall, a content creator who studied human trafficking at NYU and previously worked for a sex-trafficking non-profit, is one of them. Speaking to her 372,000 followers, she said: "The majority of sex trafficking is simply not going to be someone snatching you up. It's going to be someone that you know manipulating you."
De Vall explained that cases typically involve men dating women and getting them to believe that they are their boyfriend in order to manipulate them.

"Once she is in love with them, they coerce her into sex trafficking so they can make money off her," De Vall said.
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Luna Voyd is another TikTok user who has spoken about the “lover boy” method, explaining that it’s not like the scenario from the film Taken, where a woman was taken from her hotel room by a stranger.
Snip..., but instead human traffickers tend to people victims know who develop trust with them. Snip...usually get the girls to trust them, give over all their passports, everything like that because this is her boyfriend, she's in love with this man even though to him it's not that," she said.

"It's most likely to be a partner, a family member, someone who has gotten close to you — not a random stranger."

Video at the link.

https://www.indy100.com/viral/loverboy-sex-trafficking-andrew-tate

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