Undercover CIA agent explains the issue of child trafficking and how to protect your children

by **Jill Havern** 03.03.21 11:36

Tim Ballard EXPLAINS THE ISSUE Of Human Trafficking & How To PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN From It

Tim Ballard is a former undercover operative with the CIA and spent over a decade working as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security. He was assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and deployed as an undercover operative for the U.S. Child Sex Tourism Jump Team. Tim has worked every type of case imaginable in the fight to dismantle child trafficking rings. Ballard has worked undercover in the United States and in multiple foreign countries to infiltrate child trafficking organizations. In this effort, he has successfully dismantled dozens of these organizations and rescued countless children from sex slavery. He has trained hundreds of law enforcement officers and has testified before the United States Congress on best practices to liberate children from sex slavery. Tim Ballard is currently the CEO of Operation Underground Railroad, an organization that fights to dismantle child trafficking rings and rescue kids all over the world. Tim’s efforts are now being depicted in a feature film called Sound of Freedom. This was not an easy conversation, and some of you might find this information disturbing, but it’s so important. To those of you who think this issue may not hit close to home … it does, in more ways than you know. We need to educate ourselves on this issue so that we can protect our loved ones and help others around us.