STB INVESTIGATION
STB Investigation started as www.stb4rensics.com in June 2021 in response to the surge of “pig-butchering” scams outside China. The creator, a victim herself, resolved to fight back against the cybercrime and human trafficking companies in Southeast Asia (SEA) behind the crimes. She initially organized an almost all-female team of volunteer live chat agents, victim support group leaders, scam-baiters and investigators, mostly from Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia.
By October 2021 STB Investigation rapidly grew its media and investigations teams, drawing many from the US, which had the largest number of victims and monetary losses. To better support its work STB Investigations incorporated as a US non-profit in early 2022. By April that year, STB Investigations connected with 1,483 victims worldwide, totaling $256 million in losses –averaging $173,000 per victim.
As STB Investigations uncovered more and more of the global money laundering networks and slave compounds in SEA doing the scams, it started educating the public and law enforcement of its findings. The perpetrators are not simply in a scam call center in Laos or a “technology park” in Myanmar. STB Investigations is fighting a multi-billion dollar industry that is enriching some of the elites in Asia.




















