We all know a scamming story: Someone rings or texts you, trying to get your personal information or asking you to log in to your account. But what you might not know is that the person behind that phone could be someone who’s been trafficked and enslaved.

Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in scamming farms across Southeast Asia. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry, and it’s a chronically underreported story on modern-day slavery.

In this episode: 
Mary Ann Jolley, (@jolleyma), Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was written and produced by Anna Staufenberg and hosted by Halla Mohieddeen. 

Executive Producers: Ney Alvarez and Sandra Ferrari.

Production Manager: Archan Mohile.

Senior Producer: Marthe van der Wolf.

Assistant Producers: Leo Danczak, Sophie McNulty, and Catherine Nouhan.

Fact-checking by Ruby Zaman.

Translation by Fei Liu.

Audio editing by Alan Leer.

Music composition by Tom Biddle.

Lead of Engagement: Aya Elmileik.

Engagement Producers: Adam Abou-Gad, Munera AlDosari, and Vienna Maglio.

Al Jazeera’s Head of Audio: Ney Alvarez.

Connect with us:

@AJEPodcasts on Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube

We all know a scamming story: Someone rings or texts you, trying to get your personal information or asking you to log in to your account. But what you might not know is that the person behind that phone could be someone who&rsquo;s been trafficked and enslaved.
Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in scamming farms across Southeast Asia. It&rsquo;s a multi-billion dollar industry, and it&rsquo;s a chronically underreported story on modern-day slavery.
In this episode:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Mary Ann Jolley, (<a href="https://x.com/jolleyma?lang=en-GB">@jolleyma</a>), Journalist</li>
</ul>
Episode credits:
This episode was written and produced by Anna Staufenberg and hosted by Halla Mohieddeen.&nbsp;
Executive Producers: Ney Alvarez and Sandra Ferrari.
Production Manager: Archan Mohile.
Senior Producer: Marthe van der Wolf.
Assistant Producers: Leo Danczak, Sophie McNulty, and Catherine Nouhan.
Fact-checking by Ruby Zaman.
Translation by Fei Liu.
Audio editing by Alan Leer.
Music composition by Tom Biddle.
Lead of Engagement: Aya Elmileik.
Engagement Producers: Adam Abou-Gad, Munera AlDosari, and Vienna Maglio.
Al Jazeera&rsquo;s Head of Audio: Ney Alvarez.
Connect with us:
@AJEPodcasts on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajepodcasts/"> Instagram</a>,<a href="https://x.com/AJEPodcasts"> X</a>,<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AJEPodcasts"> Facebook</a> and<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzGHKb8i9vTwJ_Smu6j10KfJZjhLPbHYj&amp;si=c15FexUGHQDp7T1_"> YouTube</a>

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This is immersive true crime, done differently. True Crime Reports brings you crime stories from the global south and beyond; tales of corruption, power, and injustice that often haven’t reached headlines in the West.
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