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An Operation Underground Railroad information tent in 2018. Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) is a nonprofit United States–based anti-sex trafficking organization founded in 2013 by Tim Ballard. [1] The organization has been criticized for its conduct during sting operations and has been accused of exaggerating claims regarding its work.
The 2016 documentary The Abolitionists, produced by Gerald Molen, featured the first operations undertaken by Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad. [56] Another documentary from director Nick Nanton , Operation Toussaint , was produced in 2018 which featured an operation in Haiti that had the support of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse ...
The complaints against Ballard center on a “couple's ruse” he allegedly engaged in with Operation Underground Railroad women who posed as his wife to fool child sex traffickers into thinking ...
He alluded to Operation Underground Railroad. [4] On November 15, 2022, the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2022 was passed by the United States Senate, reauthorizing ICAC and the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction through 2024. [5] On December 6, Congress motioned to agree without objection. [5]
The plot centers around Ballard's Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), an anti-sex trafficking organization. The film was released on July 4, 2023, by Angel Studios, and was a sleeper hit, grossing $250 million against a $14.5 million budget to become one of the most successful independent films in history. [7]
Movie or Television Show. Year. Mandingo (Movie) 1975. Roots ( ABC network) 1977. A Woman Called Moses (Movie) 1978. Glory (Movie) 1993. Amistad (Movie) 1997. The Secret Diaries of Desmond ...
Operation Underground Railroad; Physicians for Human Rights; Polaris, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent modern day slavery and human trafficking; PREDA Foundation, a charitable organization that was founded in Olongapo City, Philippines, in 1974
A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...