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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