Boy Rescued from Online Exploitation

The victims, 42 of whom were children, had been trapped in a pig butchering operation. Organized criminals lure their targets from all over Asia with the promise of high-paying tech jobs before imprisoning them in the call center. Once trapped, traffickers force the victims to scam others over the phone or online. The hours are brutal, and the pressure is intense; failure can result in torture or being sold into sex trafficking.

For these 158 people, the nightmare is finally over. Our teams helped debrief the survivors before working with authorities to get them home safe. Read more about pig butchering and what we’re doing to help.

Traffickers were attempting to lure the victims, including 15 children, out of the country before selling them into brothels, hard labor or other forms of exploitation.

After agents rescued the survivors, they spoke with them about the dangers of border trafficking before returning them safely home. While most survivors choose not to involve law enforcement to avoid social stigma, one brave 16-year-old girl and her family pressed charges against her trafficker! Police arrested the suspect.