By Michael Brosowski, Founder of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation –
Human trafficking and slavery continue to take new forms, constantly staying a step ahead of efforts to keep people safe.
Right now, Southeast Asia is in the midst of a crisis of human trafficking. The United Nations estimated in August 2023 that 220,000 people are in slavery in ‘scam centers’ in two countries alone: Cambodia and Myanmar. Victims of trafficking into these centers are forced, under threat of serious violence, to trick people around the globe into sending money – for fake crypto schemes, or fake romances, or fake business opportunities.
Four years ago, the concept of a ‘scam center’ was unheard of.