🇨🇳Chainalysis reported that crypto flows to services suspected of being linked to human trafficking rose 85% year over year in 2025, reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. Most activity was concentrated in Southeast Asia, with Telegram-based “international escort” and “labor brokerage” services closely coordinated with Chinese-language money laundering networks (CMLN) and escrow/guarantee platforms, indicating a highly organized pattern, with stablecoins as the primary payment method.