How Facebook, Tinder and Airbnb Are Being Used for Sex Trafficking in Colombia
Big Take3 Mar 2025

How Facebook, Tinder and Airbnb Are Being Used for Sex Trafficking in Colombia

In January 2024, the US Embassy issued a warning to all American travelers: Be careful using dating apps in Colombia. Eight men had been killed in two months — several of them after traveling to Medellin and using apps to connect with women online.


Bloomberg’s Natalie Lung and Antonia Mufarech investigated and found an even darker situation. On today’s Big Take podcast, they join host Sarah Holder to explain how apps from US-based tech companies are being used for sex trafficking and child exploitation in Colombia — and why it’s so hard for the companies to keep criminals off their platforms.

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