Ling Li is a co-founder of EOS Collective, a non-profit organisation dedicated to investigating the scam industry and advocating for the rights and recovery of its victims. Over the past several years, she has supported survivors of scam compounds across the region, collaborating with both local and international civil society organisations to provide relief and assist with repatriation efforts. She is the co-author of Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds (Verso, 2025), and her writing has appeared in a range of academic and media outlets, including Critical Asian Studies, Trends in Organized Crime, The Conversation, and Global China Pulse. With past experience in law enforcement, she is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, with research focused on how technology facilitates modern slavery across East and Southeast Asia.