Drug Cartels Fake Kidnappings With Help From Social Media
Sep 18, 2014 04:52 PM EDT
In addition to the raids on the Los Angeles Fashion District that uncovered millions of dollars in drug trafficking funds, 2014's kidnapping rate is rapidly surpassing last years total of 1,698 from 2013. As if the shear volume of cases, the cartel is also making use of social media to proliferate their claims of abductions to potential victims in a way that simple phone call cannot. The practice is becoming known as virtual kidnapping.