Alana Stott: Fighting to End Human Trafficking, and Living a Life of Resilience, Action, and Hope for Change
The Ready State Podcast
Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett
4.9 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
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Human trafficking is a $250 billion global crisis impacting over 50 million lives today—10 million of whom are trapped in sex slavery. This urgent and eye-opening discussion uncovers the harsh realities of modern slavery, ranging from forced labor to organ harvesting.
We hear from Alana Stott, MBE—a security specialist, humanitarian, and founder of Wolfraven Omnimedia—who has spent over two decades fighting to raise awareness and combat this crisis. Learn about the dangerous correlation between global disasters and trafficking, the exploitation behind industries like fast fashion, and the innovative strategies to educate and fight back.
Alana shares her incredible journey, from protecting vulnerable women to her groundbreaking work in media and education, all while balancing the challenges of motherhood and advocacy. This is a story of resilience, action, and hope for change. Listen now to understand the depth of this crisis and how you can help end it.
What You'll Learn:
•The Reality of Human Trafficking – How it's a $250 billion industry with 50 million victims worldwide.
•The Hidden Dangers of Fast Fashion – How cheap clothing fuels forced labor and human trafficking.
•How Crisis Fuels Trafficking – Why disasters and global instability create the perfect conditions for traffickers.
•Building a Resilient Mindset – How Alana Stott overcame adversity to become a leader in security and human rights.
Key Highlights:
00:00 - Intro
02:55 - How Did You Get Here?
08:52 - The State of Human Trafficking Today
18:00 - The Power of Partnership
18:45 - Meeting Dean and Starting a Security Company
30:34 - Executive Function for Massive Operations
37:20 - Role in Dean's World Records
41:35 - Planning the World Record
43:30 - The Darien Gap
47:20 - Importance of a Good Team
50:15 - Wolfraven Omnimedia
54:25 - What Will Your Kids Do?
57:05 - What Alana is Excited About
59:00 - Resources: Where to Find Alana
59:33 - Weapons Buried in the Middle East
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| 0:00.0 | 50 million slaves, about 10 million are sex slaves. |
| 0:03.0 | It's divided between your domestic servicutes, your forced labor, sex trafficking, organ harvesting is another big one. |
| 0:10.0 | Trafficking has been around since the dawn of time. |
| 0:12.0 | So slavery, you know, people have bought and sold people since there's been humanity really. |
| 0:16.0 | We are at a point in the world where it's never been as bad. |
| 0:20.0 | It's in approximately a $250 billion year industry. |
| 0:23.8 | That's increased dramatically in the last 10 years. |
| 0:27.1 | The way the world is right now is like perfect state for traffickers. |
| 0:30.6 | Blanestat |
| 0:32.6 | A security specialist, pulling people out of Afghanistan, |
| 0:36.6 | a couch, a seeker, Miss Scotland, |
| 0:39.3 | awarded a title of member of the most excellent order |
| 0:42.3 | of the British Empire, which is the MBE, |
| 0:45.3 | for her work supporting vulnerable women and mental health awareness. |
| 0:48.3 | She has devoted thousands of hours of time to numerous non-profits |
| 0:53.3 | and somehow still being a mom. |
| 0:55.0 | In addition to all the amazing things you've already done, you also just founded a media company called Wolfraven Omn Media. |
| 1:03.0 | Really, it was just a vehicle that we wanted to set up to tell amazing stories that gave back. |
| 1:08.0 | It had to be stories that would, about the work that we do and that would |
| 1:12.7 | educate, raise awareness and give back to people. You seem to be extremely adaptable and also have |
| 1:19.0 | this mindset that you can do anything, including that your things that are often not done by women. |
| 1:24.6 | What do you think, you know, why are you like that? Like, what do you think? |
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