Trafficked for Scams: Global Crisis | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Hundreds of thousands of educated, English-speaking victims are being trafficked into global scam operations, lured by fake job offers on social media—only to be trapped, often through violence or debt. The UN’s migration agency warns this is a growing crisis, with victims from over 80 countries, especially in Asia, and losses hitting $114 billion last year. Criminals target skilled individuals, exploiting their language and education, while humanitarian groups like IOM have rescued over 3,500 victims since 2022—highlighting a desperate need for global cooperation to dismantle these networks and save those ensnared. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1801f0b1db322025