Category: ACJ Investigates
Original investigations, case files, timelines, and evidence-based reporting examining crime, justice, and accountability.
Utah’s System of Injustice: The Michael Drury Story
For additional articles covering OUR, please go to ACJ Investigates- Derailed: Operation Underground Railroad Editor’s Note: Lynn Packer is an award-winning investigative reporter, legal consultant…
O.U.R.’s Batman Unmasked
For years, O.U.R.’s first undercover operative remained hidden behind the codename “Batman.” Now Steven T. Cass steps into the light, revealing his role in the…
Utah’s Attorney General and the Stripper/Cocaine Allegation
For additional articles covering OUR, please go to ACJ Investigates- Derailed: Operation Underground Railroad Editor’s Note: Lynn Packer is an award-winning investigative reporter, legal consultant…
Rambo Reyes & O.U.R.: The Colombian Rescue Mission
Operation Underground Railroad’s most publicized rescue operation generated international headlines, but questions remained about who led the mission, who received credit, and how the organization…
Oklahoma City Rejects Operation Underground Railroad Donation After Review
After reviewing concerns surrounding Operation Underground Railroad, Norman city officials and police leaders unanimously declined a $25,000 donation from the organization UPDATED 11/12/21: Added Norman…
The Nazarene Fund: Reloaded
As Glenn Beck and Tim Ballard revived The Nazarene Fund during the Afghanistan withdrawal, extraordinary claims of rescuing thousands of persecuted Christians generated millions in…
Elizabeth Frazier: Another Professional Trafficking Victim
An investigation into one of the anti-trafficking movement’s most widely repeated survivor narratives raises questions about verification, evidence, and media accountability For years, Elizabeth Frazier’s…
COMING SOON: The $30 Million Nazarene Fund Scam
Tim Ballard and Glenn Beck hatch scheme to obtain $30 million “If Glenn Beck and Tim Ballard really gave a shit about Christian minorities in…
BYU Stands by the Coco Berthmann Hoax
As questions surrounding Coco Berthmann’s trafficking claims intensify, new evidence, witness accounts, and immigration-related concerns raise additional questions about her narrative For years, Coco Berthmann’s…
CharityWatch Downgrades O.U.R.’s Rating to a “Question Mark”
One of the nation’s leading nonprofit watchdog organizations downgraded Operation Underground Railroad to a “?” rating, citing criminal investigations, transparency concerns, governance issues, and unanswered…
