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Erin West: Exposing Human Trafficking Scam Compounds and Helping Victims Fight Back #Shamrock

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Erin West: Exposing Human Trafficking Scam Compounds and Helping Victims Fight Back #Shamrock

DANNY DE HEKI first came across Erin West while scanning the speaker list for the Global Financial Crimes Summit 2024 in Sydney.

I’d only been following her on LinkedIn for a few weeks, but I immediately knew she was someone to watch. When I saw her name next to organisations like the U.S. Secret Service, Binance, IFW Global, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, I knew I had to meet her.

The event drew over 150 of the world’s top minds in financial crime prevention — AML professionals, cybercrime investigators, government regulators, and tech industry leaders. The summit wasn’t just a conference. It was a strategic gathering of people fighting against industrial-scale crime.

When Erin took the stage, she didn’t come with a hype reel or buzzwords. She came with hard truth. She showed us images from KK Park — a compound in Myanmar where thousands of people are trafficked, imprisoned, and forced to commit scams under threat of torture. She walked us through her real-time investigations into the crime syndicates running human trafficking centres masked as investment operations. And she told the truth that so many institutions won’t: governments aren’t doing enough, so she is.

We briefly crossed paths at the event, but our ongoing connection through LinkedIn has revealed even more: this isn’t just a job for Erin. It’s a calling. She’s one of the few scam fighters who puts her real name and face on the front line, knowing exactly how dangerous that is. She’s not doing this for headlines. She’s doing it to give a voice to the voiceless.

From Prosecutor to Disruptor

For 26 years, Erin West served as a Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, California. She spent the final eight years assigned to the REACT High-Tech Task Force, where she led cases against SIM-swappers, crypto thieves, and online financial predators.

In 2022, she made international headlines after she recovered over $1 million in stolen assets from a pig butchering scam — returning the funds to eight victims. For most people, that would be a career highlight. For Erin, it was just the beginning.

She stepped away from public office and launched Operation Shamrock, a private-sector nonprofit dedicated to exposing and dismantling scam networks, from trafficking compounds in Southeast Asia to the financial institutions turning a blind eye.

What Is Operation Shamrock?

Operation Shamrock is more than an advocacy brand. It’s a fully developed command centre for scam disruption. It features:

  • Victim Services: With trauma-informed partners, live calls, and a Chainabuse reporting portal, victims can get real help, not just an automated reply.
  • Education: Step-by-step action guides, video libraries, survivor stories, and prevention toolkits.
  • Disruption Campaigns: From letter-writing to platform takedowns, Erin and her team don’t wait for regulators — they pressure tech firms, trace wallets, and demand reform.

She’s built what governments should have built. A one-stop hub for scam victims.

Erin isn’t just raising awareness. She’s raising hell.

KK Park: The Face of What She Fights

One of Erin’s most shocking presentations at the summit was about KK Park, a massive scam compound on the Thai-Myanmar border. It’s run by Chinese mafia networks, linked to former triad boss “Broken Tooth,” and used to imprison and enslave thousands of people from around the world.

These victims are trafficked into the compound with false job offers. They’re beaten if they don’t scam people. They’re sold to other gangs if they resist. They work in 17-hour shifts, pretending to be investment brokers, romantic partners, or financial coaches — all part of a global scheme funnelling billions through crypto and banks.

This is what Erin West has chosen to take on. Not metaphorically. Literally.

The Crypto Coalition: 2,000 Strong and Growing

Erin also founded the Crypto Coalition — a network of over 2,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and analysts from around the world who are fighting back with blockchain intelligence and joint casework.

She didn’t wait for Congress. She didn’t ask permission. She saw a problem and started building a solution — together with other warriors on the front line. The coalition hosts events, shares leads, traces stolen funds, and trains public servants in how to actually get money back for victims.

STOLEN: The Podcast That Pulls No Punches

In 2025, Erin launched STOLEN, a podcast that takes listeners inside scam compounds, behind the curtain of crypto crime, and face-to-face with the victims. It is hands down the most authentic, urgent, and necessary audio reporting on this topic.

In one episode, she walks through the remains of a raided trafficking facility in the Philippines. In another, she talks to survivors, investigators, and whistleblowers about why no one is stopping this.

Why Erin West Deserves Your Support

This is not a government agency. Erin West is a private citizen who left a government post and then outperformed every public office in terms of results, reach, and reform.

She’s created more awareness than any regulator.
She’s led more disruption than most law enforcement units.
And she’s helped more victims find hope than any crypto recovery company ever will.

Operation Shamrock is where people go when they don’t know where to turn. It’s where justice is still alive.

How You Can Help

Because as Erin says:
“Educate. Mobilize. Disrupt.”

And that’s exactly what she’s doing.

About the Author Danny de Hek, also known as The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger, is a New Zealand-based investigative journalist specializing in exposing crypto fraud, Ponzi schemes, and MLM scams. His work has been featured by Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Guardian Australia, ABC News Australia, and other international outlets.

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