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Expert commentary on human trafficking, forced labor, and ecocide, from teams working in 33 countries since 2007.
Since 2007, beginning with the investigation behind the book Not For Sale, our co-founders and teams have worked the frontlines of modern-day slavery and ecocide across 33 countries: the scam compounds of the Golden Triangle, the gold fields of Madre de Dios, the cobalt belt of the DRC. These are environmental crimes that double as crimes against people. The same illegal mine that poisons a river runs on forced labor.
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$35Bpig-butchering losses in 2025 · TRM LabsThe scam economy+See the angle
The scam economy is staffed by slaves
The DOJ is indicting compound bosses; Dubai police raided nine compounds in one April operation. The under-covered half: the “scammers” are themselves trafficking victims.
Inquire →Mark Wexler · Golden Triangle, since 2007−40%Victims of Crime Act fundingWho fills the vacuum?+See the angle
Who fills the vacuum?
USAID’s counter-trafficking unit, $47M across 24 countries, was eliminated. Frontline organizations are now the load-bearing wall.
Inquire →Field data · private-capital model3,750workers trafficked into Houston’s rebuild after KatrinaAfter the fire+See the angle
After the fire, the traffickers
Of 6,571 homes destroyed in the LA wildfires, 13 were rebuilt a year later. Disaster recovery is a trafficking-risk event almost nobody covers that way.
Inquire →Economists and field staff available$15Bbitcoin forfeiture · Cambodia’s Prince GroupFollow the money+See the angle
Follow the money
The compounds run on crypto rails, laundered through casinos and real estate, protected by border militias. The corruption story and the trafficking story are one story.
Inquire →$61M in Tether seized by the DOJ12 yrson the DRC–Uganda borderThe minerals rush+See the angle
The minerals rush has a body count
AI datacenters and EVs drive record demand for cobalt and coltan while forced-labor enforcement is rolled back. Child labor in the DRC, mercury in the Amazon.
Inquire →King’s College London research$2M+returned to the mission by REBBL aloneSilicon Valley’s other export+See the angle
Silicon Valley’s other export
Founders who built venture-backed companies and took two through private equity exits. For business desks: can the startup playbook out-compete organized crime?
Inquire →REBBL · Relocity · DignitaPress desk
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