ScienceCommunicator<p>Think slavery is in the past, think again. From scam factories in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>, to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> prison inmates working for the meat industry, slavery is still common practice.</p><p>The Conversation Weekly: Scam factories Ep 1: No skills required</p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-people-are-recruited-into-southeast-asias-brutal-fraud-compounds-scam-factories-podcast-part-1-250444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-people</span><span class="invisible">-are-recruited-into-southeast-asias-brutal-fraud-compounds-scam-factories-podcast-part-1-250444</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/820f13e5-2178-41c9-b781-7c1164133991/Scam-compounds-E1-mix5-250220.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.captivate.fm/media/82</span><span class="invisible">0f13e5-2178-41c9-b781-7c1164133991/Scam-compounds-E1-mix5-250220.mp3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incarnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incarnation</span></a></p>