WHY I STARTED
A family friend’s entire household was pulled into a cross‑border cyber‑scam. Watching the aftermath—debt, stigma, and the silence that followed—made it impossible to look away. I began my investigation, reading every report I could find, and traveling to Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar to learn from people with lived experience. This site brings together testimonies, ethical photojournalism, and verifiable data so that those stories can protect others—and push systems to change.
According to Stanford’s Human Trafficking Data Lab, an estimated fifty million people worldwide are held in modern slavery, generating billions of dollars in illicit profits; the International Organization for Migration’s regional situation reports on trafficking into forced criminality in Southeast Asia’s online scamming centers show the same, worsening trend. It’s an urgent issue that any family could face.
Human Rights Evidence Lab
OUR
OUR MISSION
We visit “places”, sit with people, and listen. We keep their stories with care and also trace the “scripts” behind them—the recruitment lines, the pressures, the quotas and penalties. We want their stories to be seen, and for risk to be recognized sooner. From what we learn on the ground, we’re building a “foreseeable” toolkit so families can step away from harm before they click.
