The Hidden Crisis: Matt Friedman Breaks Down Modern Slavery and the Rise of Scam Compounds (Ep 28)
Stolen Podcast19 Marras 2025

The Hidden Crisis: Matt Friedman Breaks Down Modern Slavery and the Rise of Scam Compounds (Ep 28)

In this powerful episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with global anti-trafficking expert Matt Friedman—CEO of the Mekong Club and one of the most experienced voices in the fight against modern slavery. Matt pulls back the curtain on the brutal realities of human trafficking, forced criminality inside scam compounds, and why the world is still failing the millions of people trapped in these systems.

Together, Erin and Matt dig into:

  • How trafficking “evolved” into forced criminality in Southeast Asian scam compounds

  • The staggering scale of modern slavery—and why we're rescuing only 0.2% of victims

  • The violence, torture, and psychological devastation inside these scam centers

  • Why banks, businesses, and everyday people have a bigger role to play than they realize

  • What it actually takes to wake up the world to this crisis

  • The hope, the frustration, and the path forward

If you've ever wondered how scams, trafficking, and global criminal networks intersect—or what you personally can do to help—this conversation is raw, urgent, and impossible to ignore.

Subscribe to Stolen for straight truth, survivor-centered storytelling, and bold conversations about the scamdemic and the people fighting back.

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Ep. 50: $196 Billion Stolen. And We're Still Blaming Victims (with Kathy Stokes)

Ep. 50: $196 Billion Stolen. And We're Still Blaming Victims (with Kathy Stokes)

Erin West and AARP's Kathy Stokes flip the script on the 50th episode of Stolen. It's not bad judgment; it's organized crime. And we need to change the way we talk about it.

22 Huhti 45min

Your Bank Might Know You’re Being Scammed Before You Do

Your Bank Might Know You’re Being Scammed Before You Do

Episode 49: BioCatch's Sharell Barshishat joins Erin West to dive deep into the fascinating (and alarming) intersection of banking, fraud, and technology. Sharell breaks down how tech is changing the ...

15 Huhti 40min

Mansion 8: The Scam Compound We Found in the Dark — UPDATE: Now Sanctioned by the UK

Mansion 8: The Scam Compound We Found in the Dark — UPDATE: Now Sanctioned by the UK

Deep in Cambodia's remote border region, journalists Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Southern found something that wasn't on any map — a sprawling scam compound now known as Mansion 8. In this episode of S...

8 Huhti 58min

Scam Crackdown in Cambodia: How a Nation Became Ground Zero for Global Scam Slavery

Scam Crackdown in Cambodia: How a Nation Became Ground Zero for Global Scam Slavery

When no one believed them, The Eyewitness Project's Nathan and Lindsay kept reporting. Now the world is paying attention. Erin West talks with the investigative journalists whose frontline work in Cam...

1 Huhti 44min

Inside the Scam: How Social Engineers Steal Millions—and What You Can Do About It

Inside the Scam: How Social Engineers Steal Millions—and What You Can Do About It

Fraud Detective Marc Evans provides insight into how scammers use social engineering to scam individuals and businesses. Episode 46: Erin West sits down with Marc Evans, an active metropolitan fraud d...

25 Maalis 52min

Getting Scammed Is Not Your Fault: AARP Fraud Expert Amy Nofziger on Scam Victims, Shame, and Healing

Getting Scammed Is Not Your Fault: AARP Fraud Expert Amy Nofziger on Scam Victims, Shame, and Healing

AARP’s Amy Nofziger outlines why scams keep working, who they really target, and what actually helps people heal. Amy Nofziger has spent 24 years running AARP's Fraud Watch Network Helpline — and the ...

18 Maalis 42min

When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes, AI Deception, and the Scam Economy with Perry Carpenter

When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes, AI Deception, and the Scam Economy with Perry Carpenter

What if the person on your screen isn't real? Author and cybersecurity expert Perry Carpenter joins Erin West to break down how deepfakes, AI-generated voice cloning, and synthetic media have become t...

11 Maalis 48min

SOLUTIONS: A Former CIA Analyst's Plan to Stop America's Scam Epidemic

SOLUTIONS: A Former CIA Analyst's Plan to Stop America's Scam Epidemic

Episode 43: Ken Westbrook shares how his mother got him into fighting scams, the challenge in measuring the scale of scams, and the actions the U.S. needs to take to better fight scams. When Ken W...

4 Maalis 46min

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