How would I get exploited?
Criminals and criminal gangs target children and vulnerable adults to perform illegal activities for the criminals gain. This is a form of child abuse. The process includes befriending, bribery, threatening behaviour and coersion.
Target stage.
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•Observe you• Befriend you•Gain your trust•Find out your likes and weaknesses.•Make you feel special•Tell other people out you•Share Snapchat details•Glamorising their lifestyle on social media•Invite you back to their house
If you feel that someone is trying to exploit you please tell a trusted adult as soon as possible.
Experience stage
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Giving gifts
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Supplying free alcohol, drugs or vapes.
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Buy you food
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Offer you lifts
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Test your loyality
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Overly praise you.
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Offer you protection
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Give you a weapon
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Introduce you to other members of the gang.
Hooked stage.
- You have an identity within the gang.
- Supplied with free drugs, alcohol or vapes
- Pressure to do crimes
- Being threatened
- Threats to you or your family
- Asking for favours
- Getting you to keep secrets
- Asking you to hid items
Control stage.
- Missing from home episodes.
- Mental abuse
- Violence
- Trafficking out of area
- You may be set up & mugged
- Drug or money debt
- Physical abuse
- Threats to family and friends