369: Tim Ballard | Putting a Stop to Child Sex Trafficking

369: Tim Ballard | Putting a Stop to Child Sex Trafficking

Update: There is some controversy about the information presented in this episode. A counterpoint to some of the statistics and specifics on the problem of human/child trafficking is in this piece released on Dec 9, 2021 from The Atlantic.

Tim Ballard (@TimBallard) is a former Homeland Security agent who reluctantly got involved in chasing down global child trafficking. As the founder of Operation Underground Railroad, he is featured in the documentary film Operation Toussaint: Operation Underground Railroad and the Fight to End Modern Day Slavery, and is a co-author of the book adaptation as well as Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues -- Then and Now.

What We Discuss with Tim Ballard:
  • Slavery is the fastest-growing criminal enterprise in the world.
  • There are more people enslaved right now than there were during the transatlantic slave trade period between the 15th and 19th centuries.
  • Slavery generates three times the revenue of the NFL. With the money from all the trafficking in the world, you could buy every Starbucks outlet in the world. Every NBA team in the nation. Every Target store.
  • There are 30 million slaves in the world; 10 million of them are children.
  • 17,500 children are trafficked into the US every year.
  • And much more...

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