People traded as commodities, iron cages used for punishment, severed fingers and even human sacrifice. These grisly details were revealed during interrogations of some of Asia’s most notorious ...

The message from Alice was blunt: “I don’t trust you. You are one of them, right? You all just want to sell me like some animal.” Alice’s hostile reaction wasn’t completely surprising to Ivan ...

Americans lost $12.5 billion in scams in 2025, according to a report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a whopping ...

Prediction by: Megan Squire, Ph.D., U.S. Threat Intelligence Researcher ...

Late last month, the U.S. Department of State released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, warning of one of the most urgent crises of our time. Transnational organized crime syndicates, led ...

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has implemented sanctions against large network of scam centers across Southeast Asia that steal billions of dollars from ...

Human trafficking and forced-labor camps where the equivalent of indentured servants carry out scams, fraud, and other cybercrime activities have infested Cambodia, Laos, and Burma — and neighboring ...

According to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, Cambodia-based scamming operations are generating billions of dollars in illicit profits each year. The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ...

Cybercriminal syndicates in Southeast Asia are facing increasingly severe responses to their lucrative investment and romance scams, human trafficking, and money laundering, which are estimated to net ...

Scams target online shopping, donations, and other holiday activities. Scammers now use AI and cryptocurrency to commit fraud. Protect yourself by validating transactions and securing your accounts.

A new survey suggests many Americans are steering clear of this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, citing concerns about scams, bots, and credit card theft. According to Talker Research, ...