{"id":1981435,"date":"2023-07-24T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-need-a-global-coalition-to-fight-child-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:03:11","slug":"why-we-need-a-global-coalition-to-fight-child-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-need-a-global-coalition-to-fight-child-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Global coalition needed to combat child trafficking."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-we-need-a-global-coalition-to-fight-child-trafficking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Slavery: A Modern-Day Atrocity<\/h2>\n<p>Most Americans believe slavery was a terrible\u200b atrocity from the\u2063 history books.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of\u200b pure scale, however,\u200b slavery\u2063 is more alive and well \u2062today \u2062than at any\u200d time in human history.<\/p>\n<p>During the horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade,\u200d nearly 13 million\u200b Africans were ripped from their homes \u2064and forced against their will to foreign \u2064destinations. Today,\u200c according to the\u2064 U.S. State Department, \u2063there are over 27 million global victims of human trafficking\u200c at any given time.<\/p>\n<p>Many of\u200c those victims are children, stolen and forced into\u200c the\u200d sickening \u200cpractice of sexual slavery.<\/p>\n<h3>A National Conversation on \u200dChild Sex Slavery<\/h3>\n<p>The new movie \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sound-of-freedom-estimated-to-hit-100-million-mark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound of Freedom<\/a>\u201d \u2014 based on my life story \u2014\u200b has been a surprise \u2064box office success, and is\u200d sparking a national conversation on child sex slavery and trafficking, the fastest-growing \u2063criminal enterprise on earth. \u200dThis \u2063unprecedented humanitarian crisis is \u2063happening in our country, and\u200c on our watch.\u2064 The United\u2062 States is generally\u200c understood \u2063to be the\u2064 #1 consumer of child \u2064exploitation material in the\u200d world, while\u2062 Mexico is one of the \u200ctop exporters via a\u2063 porous U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Congress have sounded the alarm on information that the government \u200dhas lost track \u200cof 85,000 minors that crossed the \u200bborder unaccompanied, and The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services has lost contact with thousands of children\u200d who \u2062were released to \u201csponsors,\u201d and are now feared to be at risk for exploitation. Bottom\u2062 line, Americans are beginning\u2063 to understand that if we don\u2019t get on top of this growing $150 billion a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-calls-america-a-criminal-enterprise\/\" title=\"Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Calls America a \u2018Criminal Enterprise\u2019\">year criminal enterprise<\/a>, none of our\u2063 kids will be safe.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200b Global\u200d Coalition for Action<\/h3>\n<p>The incredible reaction to \u201cSound \u200bof Freedom\u201d demonstrates\u200d that we\u2062 are \u2063ready to tackle \u200dthis horror, and has given\u2064 our movement a new level \u200bof momentum. But, if we are\u2062 going\u2063 to \u200bsave children, it\u2019s going to take a massive coalition of groups in almost \u2062every country in the world.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an\u2063 urgent need to bring organizations together that are able to raise awareness, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northeastern-japan-shook-by-7-3-magnitude-earthquake\/\" title=\"Northeastern Japan Shook by 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake\">conduct rescue operations<\/a>, help with critical aftercare for \u2064freed children, and\u2064 work \u2062with governments to ensure\u200c trafficking hotspots don\u2019t remain\u200c as \u200dperpetual\u2062 stains on the globe. All\u200d of these \u2063elements \u2014 and the multi-faceted details within \u2063each category \u2014 \u2064require specialists working in their defined areas, while coordinating with the larger anti-trafficking effort.<\/p>\n<h3>A Personal Journey<\/h3>\n<p>This realization began for me in \u2062February of 2022, when my wife, \u2064and actor\/director Mel Gibson, both called\u2064 me\u2062 on the\u200d same day, asking me to help desperate women and children who were displaced by the war in \u200dUkraine and at\u200c risk of being \u200btrafficked.<\/p>\n<p>After recognizing \u200cthe need in Ukraine, I\u200c looked for a\u2063 non-profit \u2063that was on-the-ground, \u200chad a legal right to\u2062 be there, and had \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/too-little-too-late-squad-acolyte-loses-again-after-trying-to-airbrush-anti-israel-past\/\" title=\"Too Little, Too Late: \u2018Squad\u2019 Acolyte Loses (Again) After Trying To Airbrush Anti-Israel Past\">strong working relationship<\/a> with locals \u2026 and what was \u200bleft\u2063 of the authorities. I then reached out to an\u2063 incredible group called Aerial Recovery, and\u200c we immediately got \u200dto work. Leads \u2062uncovered during our \u2062work in\u200b Ukraine and Eastern\u2063 Europe led to\u200c a rescue operation\u200d represented by Operation Underground Railroad, Aerial Recovery, Free a Girl, and other organizations which, because of operational security, can\u2019t\u2062 be\u200b named.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062three-continent operation, which I personally led, began in\u2063 Ukraine and ripped through Holland, the U.S., Mexico, Ecuador, and other\u2063 locations which \u2063are still too sensitive to\u200d be revealed. Together, we helped dismantle an international pedophile ring and took down a child\u2062 sex hotel\/brothel in Latin \u200dAmerica. Thousands of people \u2014 including \u2063over 900 orphans \u200b\u2014\u200c were rescued\u200c in Ukraine \u2062alone, \u200dand hundreds of additional\u200c children \u2062were rescued in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2064 did this all\u2064 in the short span\u2062 of\u2064 just a few months.<\/p>\n<h3>Healing \u200dand Aftercare<\/h3>\n<p>Helping to free children from trafficking requires more \u2062than an effective rescue effort \u2014 \u2063kids who have been recovered then require focused and intensive, \u200clong-term aftercare to \u2064be made whole again.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-need-a-global-coalition-to-fight-child-trafficking\/\" title=\"Global coalition needed to combat child trafficking.\">aftercare process requires highly specialized counseling<\/a>, therapy, and\u200d tailored interventions that\u200b are trauma and survivor informed. The global\u2064 aftercare program and initiative that \u2063Operation \u2064Underground Railroad \u200dlaunched is one of \u200dthe best in the world. Other pioneers in the space\u200c include\u200d many aftercare trailblazers, notably Jessica \u200bMunoz,\u2064 founder of Ho`\u014dla \u2062N\u0101 Pua and Pearl Haven.<\/p>\n<p>Aftercare \u200befforts don\u2019t make headlines and will never be seen\u200d in a blockbuster movie, but it is the vital work that \u2063helps children find \u2063healing and \u2062be able to move \u2063forward with their lives after suffering the horrible\u200c abuses of sexual \u200dexploitation.<\/p>\n<h3>The Spear Fund: \u200cUniting Against Trafficking<\/h3>\n<p>I am immensely proud of Operation Underground \u2064Railroad and what has been accomplished\u200d since its founding\u2064 \u2014\u200b as well as other organizations I have been involved \u200bin \u2014 and I\u2062 will\u2063 continue\u2064 to support \u2064O.U.R. and\u2062 so many others in this movement through an amazing\u200b new initiative called <a href=\"https:\/\/thespearfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spear \u2063Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spear Fund is an effort to focus on\u2063 the overall battlefield. Clearly, we can use the momentum from \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d to fuel a larger global \u2063movement,\u200c which is what \u2062I am dedicating my life to doing.<\/p>\n<p>Like an\u2064 orchestra conductor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tim-ballard-who-inspired-sound-of-freedom-out-at-both-organizations-he-led\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spear Fund<\/a> is leading the charge.\u2064 Joining other experts, like Jessica \u2063Munoz, we\u2019ll \u2062be training, equipping, and supporting certified groups who are leading the \u2064fight in their \u200cspecific \u200blane. Spear is designed to finance and coordinate with\u200d multiple anti-trafficking organizations and experts, \u2064providing an effective global coalition for action when \u2063and where \u200dit \u2064matters most.\u200d If the child trafficking cartels can coordinate \u2062to destroy children, the good people of the\u2064 world \u2062can \u200cteam up to save them and make them\u200d whole.<\/p>\n<h3>A Long, \u2063Difficult Battle<\/h3>\n<p>Make no mistake, the war against the child trafficking cartels\u200d and\u2064 their \u200dallies is \u200dgoing \u2063to be \u200blong, difficult, \u200dand hard-fought, but \u200c\u2014 \u2063ultimately \u2014 we\u2063 can and must win.<\/p>\n<p>The only way that happens is if \u2064we do it together.<\/p>\n<p>When we are united, evil doesn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tim Ballard \u2063is a senior advisor of <a href=\"https:\/\/thespearfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spear Fund<\/a>, \u2062his early efforts in combating human \u2062trafficking can be \u2064seen in the recently released movie \u201cSound \u2062of Freedom.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The views\u2062 expressed\u2063 in this piece are\u200c those of\u2063 the \u2062author and do not necessarily \u2064represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Americans view slavery as a horrific historical atrocity. Yet, in terms of sheer magnitude, slavery is currently more prevalent than ever before. The trans-Atlantic slave trade alone saw around 13 million Africans brutally uprooted from their homes and coerced into bondage, but today&#8217;s reality surpasses even that dark chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2225,"featured_media":1981436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}