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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Publisher’s Clearing House Scam: How My Family Was Targeted—and Why Awareness Isn’t Enough (Ep 34)

Publisher’s Clearing House Scam: How My Family Was Targeted—and Why Awareness Isn’t Enough (Ep 34)

Even scam-savvy families aren’t immune. In this episode of Stolen, host Erin West—former prosecutor and national expert on transnational fraud—shares a deeply personal story: how her own family member...

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Sextortion Is Killing Kids: Inside the Financial Sextortion Scam Targeting Teen Boys with Paul Raffile (Ep 33)

Sextortion Is Killing Kids: Inside the Financial Sextortion Scam Targeting Teen Boys with Paul Raffile (Ep 33)

In this episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with sextortion expert Paul Raffile to expose the fastest-growing and most lethal online scam targeting teen boys. They break down how financially motiva...

24 Joulu 202535min

How a Fake Amazon Call Turned Into a Full-Blown Government Impersonation Scam (Ep 32)

How a Fake Amazon Call Turned Into a Full-Blown Government Impersonation Scam (Ep 32)

Jane thought she was talking to Amazon, her bank, the FTC, and the Social Security Administration. She wasn’t. Over the course of several days, scammers used authority, isolation, and fear to walk her...

17 Joulu 202546min

Meta, Scam Ads, and the First Scam-Driven Border Conflict: Jake Sims Breaks It Down (Ep 31)

Meta, Scam Ads, and the First Scam-Driven Border Conflict: Jake Sims Breaks It Down (Ep 31)

In this explosive episode of Stolen, Erin West sits down with Jake Sims—Harvard fellow and global expert on transnational organized crime—to unpack two massive developments: the damning Reuters leak a...

10 Joulu 202542min

The House Is On Fire: Erin West’s 2026 Blueprint to End the Scamdemic (Ep. 30)

The House Is On Fire: Erin West’s 2026 Blueprint to End the Scamdemic (Ep. 30)

Erin West delivers the keynote she planned give at the American summit of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance—an unfiltered, no-fluff breakdown of the global scam crisis, Southeast Asia’s compounds, Big Tec...

3 Joulu 202518min

Human Trafficking Survivor Small Q Exposes Pig Butchering Scam Compounds in Myanmar (Ep. 29)

Human Trafficking Survivor Small Q Exposes Pig Butchering Scam Compounds in Myanmar (Ep. 29)

Join Erin West in Entebbe, Uganda, for an extraordinary conversation with Small Q, a survivor of two of Southeast Asia's most notorious scam compounds. In this eye-opening episode, Small Q reveals the...

26 Marras 202534min

LinkedIn Job Scams Explained: Jay Jones Reveals How Fake Recruiters Steal From Desperate Job Seekers (Ep 27)

LinkedIn Job Scams Explained: Jay Jones Reveals How Fake Recruiters Steal From Desperate Job Seekers (Ep 27)

When Jay Jones was laid off and posted his "Open to Work" banner on LinkedIn, he was immediately targeted by scammers. In this episode of Stolen, host Erin West sits down with The Profiler to expose t...

12 Marras 202548min

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