Scam Centers, Pig Butchering & Modern Slavery | Lance Lueck (RAGAS)

Scam centers are not just online fraud. They are global crime compounds that traffic people and steal life savings — and AI is making them faster.

In this August 8, 2026 Rotary talk, Lance Lueck of the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery (RAGAS) explains how these operations work, who gets hurt, and how education can stop people from becoming the next victim.

Lance is a RAGAS officer based in Jakarta. He works with partners including SEATECT and ICMEC on victim identification and investigator training, and has helped bring anti-trafficking education to students in Indonesia.

You’ll learn:

How old “boiler room” scams became industrial compounds
Why this is happening far beyond Southeast Asia
What pig butchering, romance, and crypto investment scams look like
Why there are two victim groups: people forced to run the scams, and people who lose their money
What Rotary clubs and families can do right now

If this happened to you, it is not your fault. Report it.

US online crime: ic3.gov
Trafficking help: 1-888-373-7888 or humantraffickinghotline.org
RAGAS: ragas.online

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