• The new TikTok tactic to lure migrants onto mega dinghies

    The new TikTok tactic to lure migrants onto mega dinghies
    Criminal gangs are using “coded language” in TikTok adverts for small boat crossings to avoid them being taken down – as smugglers lure migrants to ever dangerous routes on mega dinghies carrying hundreds at a time.AI images of lions; emojis of “ninjas”, Union Flags or boats and planes; and slang words or phrases are being used to attract people attempting to cross the English Channel, without smugglers’ online accounts being shut down and investigated by poli

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