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Flashback to 2014: One man's mission to rescue child sex-trafficking victims ( CBS News Praises Tim Ballard for saving kids)
CBS News ^ | Oct 15,2014 | ELAINE QUIJANO

Posted on 07/10/2023 8:41:28 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Last weekend, police broke up a major sex-trafficking ring in Colombia, which has become a destination for tourists looking for sex with boys and girls.

The police had help from an American who went undercover to rescue the children.

Tim Ballard has one mission: to track down child traffickers. Four months ago Colombian authorities asked him to investigate a tip that children were being sold there as sex slaves.

American Tim Ballard helped authorities in Colombia bust a major sex-trafficking ring, saving 54 children. CBS NEWS "Within a half hour this individual walks up to me asking me what I'm here for, what I want and within minutes he tells me that I have kids here as young as 11 years old," Ballard says.

A former Homeland Security agent, Ballard now heads up Operation Underground Railroad, a non-profit group that rescues trafficked kids. After that first meeting, the Colombians asked him to put together a sting.

Trafficking bust reveals worries over missing kids FBI: 168 kids rescued, 281 pimps nabbed in sex-trafficking crackdown FBI: 16 juveniles recovered in Super Bowl prostitution sting Operation Underground Railroad spent months planning -- renting a house, rigging it with hidden cameras to document the crime, coordinating with Colombian authorities and negotiating with the traffickers.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; childabuse; children; columbia; humantrafficking; jimcaviezel; media; our; sextrafficking; soundoffreedom; timballard; undergroundrailroad

1 posted on 07/10/2023 8:41:28 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

Groomers gotta groom.


2 posted on 07/10/2023 8:42:31 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: NoLibZone

Awaiting the pushback from AA slave descendants for co-opting the phrase “Underground Railroad”.


3 posted on 07/10/2023 8:44:03 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: NoLibZone

I have not seen the movie but understand it is based on the true story of Tim Ballard.

But in spite of not having seen it, I am very confused,that apparently the liberal view is that this movie is some sort of false depiction, and is not a worthwhile story to tell.


4 posted on 07/10/2023 8:46:29 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: NoLibZone

The terms ‘CBS’ and ‘Praise’ make me very uncomfortable.


5 posted on 07/10/2023 8:54:16 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I am very confused,that apparently the liberal view is that this movie is some sort of false depiction, and is not a worthwhile story to tell.


Pedocrats covering for pedos. It’s that simple.

Should make you want to see this great movie, all the more.

Go see it. You won’t be confused, anymore.


6 posted on 07/10/2023 9:00:16 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

CBS makes me uncomfortable.

Especially since they act like Gayle King is a journalist.

🙄🙄🙄


7 posted on 07/10/2023 9:02:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jane Long

One of the pedeos is currently occupying the White House. I have seen pictures of him mauling little girls. Makes me sick but I was not one of the 81 million who voted for him.


8 posted on 07/10/2023 9:05:00 PM PDT by sport
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I just saw the movie yesterday. It is very good.

Don’t listen to the left’s criticisms of it. They’re just protecting other pedos and defending sex trafficking. It’s not sensationalist at all and if it doesn’t move you, you don’t have a soul. You sold it to the devil.


9 posted on 07/10/2023 9:31:30 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: NoLibZone; All

All you need to know...

Anchor caught on hot mic claiming ABC spiked Epstein bombshell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjwf9F_v5cI&t=63s

User Clip: Cindy McCain on Epstein et al
Cindy McCain, John McCain’s widow, admits everyone knew what Epstein was doing and that law enforcement was afraid to touch him... & now they’re not.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4849833/user-clip-cindy-mccain-epstein-al


10 posted on 07/10/2023 9:31:41 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Dilbert San Diego

All due respects……just go see the movie, then you will understand.

Surely you’ve been at FR long enough to know the good guy, whether it be Ballard or Trump etc……will be verbally crucified for standing up for truth!


11 posted on 07/11/2023 3:35:43 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Why would you not see it? This is one of the most important movies of our lifetimes. You can get free tickets.


12 posted on 07/11/2023 5:33:39 AM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: bray

Why would I not see it? What makes you think I don’t want to see it? I plan to go see it.


13 posted on 07/11/2023 6:30:06 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“But in spite of not having seen it, I am very confused,that apparently the liberal view is that this movie is some sort of false depiction, and is not a worthwhile story to tell.”

Lately it seems that liberals get really, really mad if you pass laws against pedophile grooming or criticize pedophilia or pedophile groomers in any way. I’m not sure why that is.


14 posted on 07/11/2023 7:59:59 AM PDT by suthener ( )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Just saw it tonight. Very moving. Excellant.


15 posted on 07/11/2023 7:45:44 PM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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