Slowing Down Human Trafficking In Columbia

The Blaze is reporting today on a sting operation in Columbia that rescued fifty-five victims of sex trafficking–one as young as eleven years old.

The article reports:

Colombian officials acted in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement authorities, who arrested a man in the United States who allegedly traveled to Medellin to have sex and film himself with underage prostitutes.

Two U.S. nonprofit groups dedicated to eradicating sexual exploitation of children, Breaking Chains and Operation Underground Railroad, assisted with the case.

Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad, was part of a sting operation that apparently caught alleged sex trafficker named Marcus Bronschidle on video bartering over the price of sex with young girls. Ballard is also a former CIA agent and former U.S. Homeland Security investigator specializing in child sex trafficking cases.

The article goes on to explain how the criminals were set up and what their possible jail terms in Columbia will be. Frankly, I think this is a crime where the death penalty should be enforced worldwide.