Author: Lynn Packer
Operation Underground Railroad Stages Fake College Graduation
Operation Underground Railroad claimed seven Venezuelan women rescued from trafficking completed college degrees and celebrated with a university graduation ceremony. This investigation examines the rescue…
Criminal Investigation into O.U.R. Expands
With investigators citing a “cascade of evidence and witnesses,” the criminal investigation into Operation Underground Railroad widens as former insiders, federal authorities, and longtime associates…
Tim Ballard’s Secret “Whiteboard Meeting” in August 2019
For years, Tim Ballard portrayed the search for missing Haitian child Gardy Mardy as a driving force behind Operation Underground Railroad. This investigation examines how…
A Divorce From Hell: doTerra & Operation Underground Railroad
One of Utah’s largest multi-level marketing companies helped elevate Operation Underground Railroad’s credibility and reach. As questions surrounding O.U.R. intensified, the partnership became a growing…
The Nazarene Fund
Glenn Beck’s Nazarene Fund raised millions by promoting dramatic rescue stories from the Middle East and claiming to save Christians and sex trafficking victims from…
Utah AG’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Ends Relationship With Operation Underground Railroad
The split comes amid a criminal investigation into Operation Underground Railroad and an internal review examining the organization’s relationship with Utah’s Internet Crimes Against Children…
Operation Underground Railroad and “The Covenant”
Lynn Packer examines the relationship between the LDS Church and Operation Underground Railroad An apostle of the Mormon Church could get drawn into a Utah…
Ballard, Reyes & Trump
As Operation Underground Railroad’s profile exploded nationally, Tim Ballard and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes increasingly found themselves embraced by political movements, conspiracy-driven narratives, and…
Tim Ballard’s Answers to “Hardball” Questions
Tim Ballard promised transparency and answers to difficult questions. This investigation examines those responses, separating documented facts from unsupported claims, exaggerated narratives, and fundraising rhetoric…
Operation Underground Railroad and Religious Extremism
An examination of the religious influences, cultural factors, and media relationships that helped shape the rise of Operation Underground Railroad Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes…














