Matthew Friedman | The Horrific Realities Of Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking
Curious Worldview Podcast
English - September 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBBusiness Education ryan faulkner-hogg curiosity interview based curious worldview geopolitics carl jung philosophy nietzsche Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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#152 - This is a podcast about human trafficking and modern slavery.
The guest is Matthew Friedman, and he is the CEO of the Mekong Club, which is an organisation that mobilises the private sector to take action against human trafficking and modern slavery.
In this conversation, Matthew reveals unsettling story after unsettling story of human trafficking, modern slavery and scams. And in and among it all, he explains how it could be possible that today there are more slaves than has ever been before.
Time Stamps For Matthew Friedman
00:00 - Introduction01:32 - Horrific Story From Nepal/India05:25 - UN Versus NGO's Versus Private Sector11:19 - There Is More Slavery Today Than There Ever Has Been15:40 - What Does Matthew Do To Stop Resentment?20:25 - How Are Slavery Statistics Collected?22:30 - How Does Rising Middle Class In Developing Economies Affect These Numbers?28:50 - Pig Butchering & Harmcore38:56 - Coming Face To Face With The Criminals46:50 - The Role Of Offshore Finance & Money Laundering52:40 - The Geography Of All Of This1:00:10 - Red Light District In Amsterdam & 'Taken' & Jeffrey Epstein1:11:30 - Africa1:14:20 - China & Specific Example Of Manufacturers Exploiting Slavery & Greenwashing1:29:30 - Role Of Serendipity In Matthew Friedman's Life & Bullish Country & Conversation Between 2 People🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg
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