Stolen Podcast with Erin West
The Stolen podcast is a weekly look into the hidden world of transnational digital crime. Join host Erin West — prosecutor, cybercrime investigator, global keynote speaker, and your guide into the dark corners of the internet.
Hear from law enforcement, cybersecurity experts, and the victims who’ve lived it. Erin investigates the global rise of digital crime — scams, cyber fraud, and other forms of online exploitation — and the people caught in the crossfire. These are the voices behind the headlines and the crimes that cross borders and boundaries.
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Explore previous episodes of the Stolen podcast.
The Scam Industry Isn’t Going Away, It’s Expanding
Episode 48: Lindsey Kennedy, Nathan Paul Southern, and Erin recount their travels in Cambodia, the humanitarian crisis of trafficking victims trying to get home, and being chased to the Vietnam border.
My Trafficked Ugandan Friend Is Alive and Can’t Get Home
Episode 38: Update from Cambodia: Sam was released from the scam compound where he’d been trafficked and forced to scam, but he’s now trapped with no way to get home.
Trafficking Survivor Exposes Pig Butchering Scam Compounds
Episode 29: Erin West traveled to Uganda, where she had an extraordinary conversation with Small Q, a survivor of two of Southeast Asia's most notorious compounds.
Trapped in a Scam Compound: Fight for Freedom
Episode 11: Small Q, a gospel artist from Uganda, was lured by false promises of work abroad, only to find himself trapped in a scam compound in Myanmar.