Tag: Human Trafficking
OUR’s Hookers from Heaven
For additional articles covering O.U.R., please go to ACJ Investigates: Derailed: Operation Underground Railroad Editor’s Note: Lynn Packer is an award-winning investigative reporter, legal consultant and…
What is Utah’s Attorney General Smoking?
For additional articles covering O.U.R., please go to ACJ Investigates: Derailed: Operation Underground Railroad Editor’s Note: Lynn Packer is an award-winning investigative reporter, legal consultant and…
The Arrest of Earl Venton Buchanan
Founded on an elaborate scam to dupe donors and stolen valor, court records and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reports leaves Tim Ballard’s “Origin Story”…
Tim Ballard and Sean Reyes Unhinged
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 Origin Myth
Lynn Packer examines the founding narrative of Operation Underground Railroad, the story portrayed in Sound of Freedom, and the documented record behind the organization’s origin…
DFC: The Right-wing Obsession with Pedophilia and Human Trafficking
Without question, far-right extremism and white supremacy are deeply rooted in Christian fundamentalism and nestled snugly in mainstream conservative ideology.
OUR’s Prized Propaganda Movie Embroiled in Controversy
Sound of Freedom is what some close to Tim Ballard describe as “a highly fictionalized account of his founding of Operation Underground Railroad”. Nearly four…
American Airlines issues swift rebuke of Operation Underground Railroad’s bogus “partnership” claim with the airline
American Airlines issued a swift response to claims made by radical Q-Anon aligned Operation Underground Railroad and its founder, Tim Ballard, that the two had…
Coco Berthmann Charged
Utah prosecutors allege Coco Berthmann fabricated a cancer diagnosis and used the claims to solicit thousands of dollars in donations Professional human trafficking victim known…
Coco Berthmann Charging Documents Reveal Details of Utah Fraud Case
Public records obtained by American Crime Journal provide a detailed look at the allegations, evidence, and court proceedings surrounding the Coco Berthmann case Editor’s Note:…
