Apropos of a new film release, an important reminder that Tim Ballard is a first rate grifter whose exaggerated track record of success as an anti-human trafficker is based on his own, unsubstantiated claims; that he is in league with QAnon conspiracy theorists; that his “historical” writings amount to little more than right wing fantasies void of any actual evidence; and that his organization has been caught multiple times exaggerating, misleading, outright lying, and otherwise deceiving the public.
He’s a con artist. A scammer. And a self-indulgent narcissist.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, children subject to sexual abuse and sex trafficking are likely to be first trafficked by a relative, not some darker-skinned kingpin far away from home.