Foreign aid cuts is causing a rise in human trafficking.

Cutting foreign aid funding is severely hampering efforts to combat human trafficking operations and rescue victims trapped in scam compounds across Southeast Asia. These criminal enterprises exploit hundreds of thousands of people from around the world, many of whom are lured with false job promises, held against their will, and forced into online fraud schemes that predominantly target Americans and Canadians for financial crimes. The loss of vital USAID and State Department funding has left anti-trafficking NGOs unable to provide shelter, resources, and support for rescued victims or gather critical intelligence to aid law enforcement efforts against these criminal networks. Restoring this aid is crucial to disrupt these massive human trafficking rings and protect vulnerable populations from being trafficked into modern day slavery while also safeguarding Americans from becoming victims of their criminal schemes. The staggering scale of this "scamdemic" requires a concerted global response with proper funding and resources before it spirals further out of control.