--- title: "Press Coverage" url: https://wearenotforsale.org/press/coverage/ publisher: "Not For Sale" --- Press coverage # Not For Sale’s *press coverage*. ## Nearly two decades of reporting on Not For Sale, its founders, and its ventures, across human trafficking, ecocide, and social innovation. Who has covered Not For Sale, and what our founders have written themselves. The two are labeled separately. Use it to vet us, find your angle, and see which stories have already been told. [Latest coverage The Sun 2026 · Article · Human Trafficking Slavery Compounds: Women Offered Prizes When Scammers Hit Quotas “A massive city built on cybercrime.”Mark Wexler, from the Golden Triangle Open preview →](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39715655/slavery-compounds-women-offered-prizes-scammers-hit-quotas/) Cause Showing 19 of 19 ### Articles 12 items [Article The Sun Slavery Compounds: Women Offered Prizes When Scammers Hit Quotas Foreign News Reporter Leah Renz interviewed Co-Founder and CEO Mark Wexler for The Sun’s investigation into the industrial-scale cyber-scam compounds along the Thai–Myanmar–Laos border. 2026 Preview →](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39715655/slavery-compounds-women-offered-prizes-scammers-hit-quotas/) [Article Rare Earth Exchanges Critical Minerals Supply Chain Coverage of the Not For Sale × M2i Global partnership to reinforce ethical sourcing in mineral supply chains. 2025 Preview →](https://rareearthexchanges.com/news/critical-minerals-supply-chain-13/) [Article Forbes REBBL, and how magic can power your brand Paul Earle on how REBBL built a consumer brand whose margin funds anti-trafficking work. 2018 Preview →](https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulearle/2018/02/20/rebbl-and-how-magic-can-power-your-brand/) [Article CNBC Herb-infused coconut milk Rebbl raises $20 million Coverage of REBBL’s $20 million round led by Cavu Venture Partners. 2018 Preview →](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/18/rebbl-raises-20-million-from-cavu-venture-partners.html) [Article Fast Company These health drinks are also fighting human trafficking How REBBL’s supply chain and margin structure route capital back into anti-trafficking programs. 2018 Preview →](https://www.fastcompany.com/90212399/these-health-drinks-are-also-fighting-human-trafficking) [Article CNN Trafficked women learn to cook at chic restaurant CNN Freedom Project feature on Dignita, the Amsterdam restaurant that trains trafficking survivors. 2016 Preview →](https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/26/europe/amsterdam-trafficking-dignita/index.html) [Article VICE Making Soup with Sex Trafficking Survivors in Amsterdam Long-form reporting from inside Dignita’s kitchen in the Red Light District. 2016 Preview →](https://www.vice.com/en/article/making-soup-with-sex-trafficking-survivors-in-amsterdams-red-light-district/) [Article USA TODAY Tech’s new entrepreneurial approach to philanthropy Not For Sale profiled alongside Facebook, Google, Salesforce, Amazon, Oracle, and Microsoft. 2013 Preview →](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/02/11/facebook-google-salesforce-nfs-amazon-oracle-microsoft/1872999/) [Article CNN MLB Players Fighting Modern-Day Slavery Coverage of Free2Play featuring Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt and Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. 2012 Preview →](https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/05/mlb-players-fighting-modern-day-slavery/) [Article TechCrunch Causes and Not For Sale Crowdfund REBBL Launch coverage of the crowdfunding campaign that started REBBL. 2012 Preview →](https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/25/causes-not-for-sale-rebbl/) [Article Stanford Social Innovation Review New App for Conscious Consumers Stanford Social Innovation Review on Free2Work, the model NGO app for consumer-facing transparency. 2012 Preview →](https://ssir.org/articles/entry/new_app_for_conscious_consumers) [Article Fast Company Find the child slaves hiding in the grocery store Free2Work’s A-to-F grading brought supply-chain transparency to the shopping aisle. 2011 Preview →](https://www.fastcompany.com/1678746/find-the-child-slaves-hiding-in-the-grocery-store) ### Video 4 items [Video REBBL REBBL With a Cause, narrated by Ruby Rose A 35-minute documentary on the venture built to turn consumer purchases into anti-trafficking funding. Fast Company World Changing Ideas Honorable Mention. 2019 Watch →](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCa3aUNbrCk) [Video VOA VOA Africa: anti-trafficking programs across the continent Continent-wide broadcast coverage of Not For Sale programs in East and Central Africa. 2019 Watch →](https://archive.org/details/VOA_Africa_20191014_050000) [Video TEDxFurmanU Just Businesses: Modeling a Path to End Modern-Day Slavery Mark Wexler’s TEDx talk on building businesses that out-compete the traffickers. 2016 Watch →](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17eA3WPi3I) [Video Documentary Not For Sale: a two-part investigative documentary Directed by Robert Marcarelli, based on Dr. David Batstone’s book. Five continents, 120,000 miles, undercover footage of the trafficking economy. 2007 Watch →](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3314028/) ### Podcasts 2 items [Podcast M2i Global People, Planet, and Supply Chain with Mark Wexler Host Alberto Rosende interviews Wexler on the link between human trafficking, forced labor, and the critical minerals supply chain. 2025 Listen →](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minerals-metals-initiative/id1836366151) [Podcast Faith Driven Investor Episode 74: Not For Sale with David Batstone Batstone on the origin of the organization and the economics of building enterprises against trafficking. 2020 Listen →](https://faithdriveninvestor.org/episode-74-not-for-sale-with-david-batstone/) ### Awards 1 item [Award Anthem Awards Silver Winner: Humanitarian Action & Services Recognition of the Impact Stack model deployed with the AFIMAD indigenous cooperative in the Peruvian Amazon. 2025 Preview →](https://www.anthemawards.com/winners/list/) [11 in the catalog Human Trafficking The criminal economy: compounds, forced labor, the trade itself Read our reporting on human trafficking →](https://wearenotforsale.org/category/human-trafficking/) [3 in the catalog Ecocide The crime-nature nexus: mining, deforestation, displacement Read our reporting on ecocide →](https://wearenotforsale.org/category/ecocide/) [13 in the catalog Social Innovation The money: ventures, capital, and organized crime Read our reporting on social innovation →](https://wearenotforsale.org/category/social-innovation/) Featured in ## The outlets 18 outlets have covered our work, and our founders have written for 8 more. ### Covered by - CNN - CNBC - Forbes - Fast Company - USA TODAY - The Sun - TechCrunch - VICE - HuffPost - VOA - LA Times - KTLA - A&E - Paste - BevNet - Big Think - MarketWatch - Anthem Awards ### Bylines by our founders - The Guardian - The New York Times - W I R E D - Chicago Tribune - Stanford Social Innovation Review - Sojourners - Business 2.0 - The B Team Press desk ## Found your angle? We can source it. Email team@wearenotforsale.org Field access across Southeast Asia, East & Central Africa, the Amazon, Europe, and the US. [Email the press desk →](mailto:team@wearenotforsale.org?subject=Press%20inquiry) [Media kit](https://wearenotforsale.org/press/media-kit/)