WHY VICTIMS KEEP GOING BACK TO TRAFFICKERS
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Many people ask the same question: Why don’t trafficking victims just leave?
According to anti-human trafficking advocate Jacquelyn Aluotto, traffickers use a powerful psychological weapon known as trauma bonding.
Through manipulation, abuse, fear, isolation, and moments of false affection, traffickers create an unhealthy emotional attachment that can become incredibly difficult to break. Victims are often groomed to believe the abuse is their fault and cling to the hope that the trafficker will become the person they once pretended to be.
Even after escaping, many victims continue living in fear, constantly wondering what their trafficker is doing or what they might do next.
This isn’t weakness. It’s psychological conditioning.
In Episode 82 of Going Rogue with Lara Logan, Lara and Jacquelyn discuss trauma bonding, coercive control, grooming tactics, forced criminality, child exploitation, modern slavery, and the psychological manipulation traffickers use to keep victims trapped in cycles of abuse.
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