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A recent survey also found that one in four Americans reported interacting with a fake profile or AI bot, while 15% reported ...

The Ghana Police Service has rescued 110 victims of human trafficking in 2026, with the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit warning ...

Human trafficking survivors in SA are rebuilding their lives after fake job offers led to forced scams in Myanmar. Here are ...

As romance scams incur record losses, the law requires apps to notify users if someone they’ve been talking to is banned for fraud.

Criminal networks lure victims, who are most often Chinese nationals but increasingly people of many nationalities, with ...

President Trump signs laws to tackle romance scams, expand clergy Social Security options and bring manufacturing back to the ...

From the border, Armit said, the Romanian national drove all the way to Los Angeles, where he made multiple withdrawals of ...

Cyber-enabled scams are spreading globally with the aid of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI). In ...

Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers,” immersed himself in the lives of four modern romance ...

Credit: Pungux/Shutterstock Fraudulent online romance, gambling, and cryptocurrency schemes have defrauded people in more than 125 countries, with Americans losing at least $18.2 billion in 2025, ...

Investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller has spent her career exposing global black markets and trafficking networks. In ...