Ukrainian refugees increasingly targeted for sexual exploitation, research finds

A Ukrainian refugee at Berlin's central station last year. Researches believe increased interest online may be encouraging traffickers to act more often and with greater impunity. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

There has been an increase in interest in pornography claimed to feature Ukrainian refugees, who are increasingly being targeted for sexual exploitation, according to research.

Thomson Reuters researchers found that Ukrainian refugees may be victims of traffickers on the ground and of cyber-voyeurs.