*Content Warning* This episode deals with the human trafficking industry, please use discretion when listening.
Amanda was just a teenager when she left home to join a "Mag Crew", traveling across the country selling magazines door to door. Maybe you've encountered a Mag Crew at your own doorstep, peddling overpriced magazine subscriptions with sketchy looking "official" documents, claiming to be earning points for a savings bond or vacation. It seems harmless, but as Amanda tells us, it's anything but.
Show Notes
Follow Amanda - Facebook | Instagram | Website
For Youths, a Grim Tour on Magazine Crews - https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21magcrew.html
Trapped into Selling Magazines Door-to-Door - https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/trapped-into-selling-magazines-door-to-door/388601/
Magazine Sales Enmesh Youths in Murky World - https://www.mcall.com/1984/06/17/magazine-sales-enmesh-youths-in-murky-world/
Ghost Fleet - https://amzn.to/3megx7C
Mag Crew Support Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/770393066349097
Everything Owned by Nestle - https://wyomingllcattorney.com/Blog/Everything-Owned-by-Nestle
Fair Trade America - https://www.fairtradeamerica.org/
International Labor Rights Forum - https://laborrights.org/
In Our Backyard - https://inourbackyard.org/
Out of MLM - https://outofmlm.info/
Cultish by Amanda Montell - https://amzn.to/3Q7owx9
Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/
Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb
How can you help?
Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/
Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org
You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/
Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide
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