How Technology Enables Human Trafficking on the U.S.-Mexico Border

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 22, 2016

Prepaid, disposable burner cell phones have increasingly replaced the guides that facilitate human trafficking across the Mexican-American border. Brian Anderson, Features Editor for Motherboard, Vice's tech and culture site, investigates the modern realities of illegal crossings and smuggling in his Border Lines series. He also interviews a Sinola Cartel boss and one of his human traffickers. 

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