{"id":24079,"date":"2014-10-15T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24079"},"modified":"2014-10-15T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:52:03","slug":"slowing-down-human-trafficking-in-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24079","title":{"rendered":"Slowing Down Human Trafficking In Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2014\/10\/15\/how-a-ragtag-group-of-volunteers-including-walking-dead-star-brought-down-massive-sex-trafficking-ring-rescued-55-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Blaze<\/a> is reporting today on a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sting operation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sting_operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">sting operation<\/a> in Columbia that rescued fifty-five victims of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Human trafficking\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">sex trafficking<\/a>&#8211;one as young as eleven years old.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Colombian officials acted in conjunction with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Law enforcement in the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">U.S. law enforcement<\/a> authorities, who arrested a man in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">United States<\/a> who allegedly traveled to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Medell\u00edn\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=6.235925,-75.5751361111&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=6.235925,-75.5751361111 (Medell%C3%ADn)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Medellin<\/a> to have sex and film himself with underage prostitutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Two U.S. nonprofit groups dedicated to eradicating <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Commercial sexual exploitation of children\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commercial_sexual_exploitation_of_children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">sexual exploitation of children<\/a>, Breaking Chains and Operation <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Underground Railroad\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_Railroad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Underground Railroad<\/a>, assisted with the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>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.\u00a0Ballard is also a former <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Central Intelligence Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.951796,-77.146586&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.951796,-77.146586 (Central%20Intelligence%20Agency)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">CIA agent<\/a> and former U.S.\u00a0Homeland Security\u00a0investigator specializing in child sex trafficking cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blaze is reporting today on a sting operation in Columbia that rescued fifty-five victims of sex trafficking&#8211;one as young as eleven years old. 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