Tinder & Co. in our sights

Death trap dating app alerts investigators

Playing the game of fast love can end dangerously - especially when criminals use it for their own ends.

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Criminal gangs in South America are increasingly using Tinder to lure tourists into a deadly Venus trap. In this country, too, the danger from the internet is becoming increasingly explosive, with criminal incidents on the rise.

The Colombian megacity of Medellín was once notorious for the all-powerful drug lord Pablo Escobar. But now another phenomenon is giving national and US investigators a major headache: the dating app death trap! In the recent past, five tourists from abroad have been found dead.