TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities

At a time when legal pathways to the US have been slashed and criminal groups are raking in money from migrant smuggling, social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike. The videos – taken to cartoonish extremes – offer a rare look inside a long elusive industry and the narratives used by trafficking networks to fuel migration north.