Tim Ballard, founder of Operation Underground Railroad, is "arrested" by police in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as part of a sting on child sex traffickers there in November 2014. (Operation Underground Railroad)The American men walked into the darkened brothel in Bangkok and were soon offered a variety of prostitutes, young and old, male and female. They question whether the American groups spend the time and effort needed to ensure that victims aren’t returned to the same cycles of degrading violence. (Operation Underground Railroad)“We stay there for the long term,” she said. Some of the organization’s exploits are featured in a recently released movie, “The Abolitionists,” documenting the preparations, the contacts and then the takedowns of sex traffickers.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2016 13:23 UTC