U.S. Homeland Security Investigations

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is a division of the United States Department of Homeland Security that is responsible for investigating a wide range of criminal activities. HSI has jurisdiction over more than 400 federal laws and focuses on transnational crimes that pose a threat to national security, public safety, and the economy. This includes crimes such as human trafficking, drug smuggling, money laundering, cybercrime, and terrorism. HSI has agents located in more than 200 cities around the world, and works closely with other law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute crimes.

The REAL Story Of “The Sound of Freedom” | Operation Triple Take
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The REAL Story Of “The Sound of Freedom” | Operation Triple Take

ByBilly Joe Cain

Did you know the heart-pounding beach rescue depicted in “Sound of Freedom” is based on O.U.R.’s real Operation Triple Take?

Get an inside look at our undercover operators and hear their first-hand accounts of that day in 2014 as they share the harsh reality of human trafficking and the raw emotion they felt as they watched “Sound of Freedom.”

O.U.R.’s Operation Triple Take involved three simultaneous takedowns in three different Colombian cities to rescue victims of sex trafficking in 2014. On that day, 20 traffickers were arrested and 123 survivors were freed from the devastating hold of sex slavery.

Real Footage From the Island Operation In Sound of Freedom
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Real Footage From the Island Operation In Sound of Freedom

ByBilly Joe Cain

Editor’s note: PBJ Learning wants YOU to approve our fact-based, survivor-approved online course for your co-workers, family, and followers. Just add something like this to your website or social media: We believe in human trafficking prevention education and recommend the incredible, interactive online course, Human Trafficking Essentials, from PBJ Learning. Take it today on your…

REVIEW: Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad
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REVIEW: Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad

ByBilly Joe Cain

Overview from Wikipedia: Sound of Freedom is a 2022 American action film directed and co-written by Alejandro Monteverde. It stars Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, and Bill Camp. Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. It is produced by Eduardo…

Man enters guilty plea in Hampton Roads human trafficking case
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Man enters guilty plea in Hampton Roads human trafficking case

ByEyes on Trafficking News

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — One of three people arrested as part of a human trafficking investigation in Hampton Roads pleaded guilty Tuesday. Police announced that from January to May last year, the Virginia Beach Police Department’s Special Investigations Bureau – Vice Unit and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations conducted anti-human trafficking operations. After an extensive investigation,…

Williamsburg Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Conspiracy Involving Labor Trafficking
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Williamsburg Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Conspiracy Involving Labor Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Midlothian man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America, benefiting from forced labor, money laundering, and harboring undocumented non-citizens. According to court documents, George William Evans, 68, was the fifty-percent owner of a commercial laundry…

Fugitive Extradited from Mexico Sentenced for Role in Prostitution Scheme
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Fugitive Extradited from Mexico Sentenced for Role in Prostitution Scheme

ByEyes on Trafficking News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A man who was extradited from Mexico to face charges in the United States was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for aiding and abetting the transportation of a woman for purposes of prostitution. According to court documents, from 2009 to 2010, Ramon Raudel Campos Murillo, 45, of Michoacan, Mexico, along…

Editorial — Halting the tragedies: St. Lawrence County may join human trafficking task force
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Editorial — Halting the tragedies: St. Lawrence County may join human trafficking task force

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Human trafficking has made its way into Northern New York communities over the past decade. Watertown Daily Times The devastating costs of human trafficking are both enormous and tragic. In addition, no community throughout our nation is immune from this horrific practice. People from small, rural areas may be victimized by it just as much…