Trafficking in persons in conflict and post-conflict situations 2016, para. 30
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While the forcible recruitment of children often involves abduction or coercion, recruiters also appeal to notions of martyrdom or social and economic factors or employ trickery or indoctrination to enlist children. There are instances where the Internet, particularly social media, has been used by extremist groups in a deceptive manner to exploit the vulnerability of educated young children from middle class families in Western countries in order to recruit them.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children