>>> IN A NEW FILM, A TEAM'S ACTIONS ARE NOT OFFICIALLY
SANCTIONED BY THE UNITED STATES,
BUT THEY GET RESULTS.
THIS IS NOT A HOLLYWOOD
THRILLER.
THRILLER. IT'S A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE
HORRORS OF CHILD SEX SLAVERY AND
THE REAL TEAM TRYING TO STOP IT.
ONE OF THE TEAMMATES IN THE
MOVIE IS "WALKING DEAD'S" LAURIE
HOLDEN.
HOLDEN. EARLIER I SPOKE WITH LAURIE
HOLDEN AND THE MAN WHO PLANNED
THE OPERATION, FORMER CIA AGENT
TIM BALLARD.
TIM BALLARD. AND THE TEAM BEHIND OPERATION
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TELLS THEIR
STORY.
STORY. >> LAURIE, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
GOT INVOLVED IN THIS, PARTIALLY,
AT LEAST, BECAUSE OF THE
WRITERS' GUILD STRIKE IN ABOUT
2008, I THINK, WHERE I AND
OTHERS WERE OUT THERE ON THE
PICKET LINE, MY UNION.
AND YOU FOUND SOMETHING WORTH
DOING AT THAT TIME THAT THE,
SINCE ACTORS WERE MOSTLY OUT OF
WORK BECAUSE PRODUCTION HAD SHUT
DOWN.
DOWN. >> YES.
>> YES. DURING THE WRITERS' STRIKE IN
2008, I VOLUNTEERED TO WORK IN
SOUTH AFRICA IN CRUSH, WHICH IS
A DAY CARE CENTER FOR HIV
ORPHANS.
ORPHANS. MANY OF THE CHILDREN WHO HAD HIV
HAD BEEN RAPED, BECAUSE THERE
WAS A MYTH THAT IF YOU HAVE SEX
WITH A VIRGIN, YOU'LL BE CURED
OF AIDS.
OF AIDS. SO-SO MANY OF THESE CHILDREN,
AND I MEAN THEY WERE YOUNG
REALLY YOUNG.
REALLY YOUNG. HAD HIV BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN
RAPED.
RAPED. AND IT JUST, YOU CAN IMAGINE, I
SPENT MONTHS OF MY LIFE WITH
THEM, TAKING CARE OF THEM EVERY
DAY, AND I, I WAS SO, MY HEART
JUST BROKE, AND IT KIND OF
CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME
FOREVER, AND I WENT BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES, AND WAS ANGRY AND
VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT, AND I MET
OTHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AT THAT
WERE AS UPSET AS I WAS ABOUT THE
INJUSTICES GOING ON IN THE WORLD
WITH CHILDREN.
WITH CHILDREN. AND THEN I LEARNED THAT CHILDREN
WERE NOT ONLY BEING RAPED BUT
THAT THERE WAS A MARKET FOR IT.
THAT THEY WERE BEING SOLD.
AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT AN
EDUCATION, AND THAT WAS MY
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING WAS LATER ON IN THAT
YEAR I WAS INVITED TO GO TO
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND I MET WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
MISSION.
MISSION. AND WITH A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS,
WE VISITED MANY SHELTERS, BUT WE
WENT INTO THE BROTHELS.
AND IN ONE PARTICULAR ONE IN
PHNOM PENH WE WERE ABLE TO
RESCUE A HANDFUL OF GIRLS.
SO THAT'S WHEN IT ALL BEGAN, AND
I THINK O.U.R. KNEW ABOUT SOME
OF OUR MOVEMENTS AND I SPOKE
WITH SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND THEY KNEW I WAS VERY
INTERESTED IN THIS AND I WAS
INVITED TO THE JUMP TEAM.
>> YOU CANNOT MEET WITH THE
CHILDREN OF AFRICA AND NOT THINK
VERY QUICKLY, WHAT CAN I DO TO
HELP.
HELP. >> TIM BALLARD, HOW DID YOU PUT
AN OPERATION LIKE THIS TOGETHER
GOING IN TO RESCUE THESE GIRLS?
>> I WORKED AS A SPECIAL AGENT
AND UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE FOR
YEARS IN CHILD TRAFFICKING, SO I
LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS.
AND ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE DECIDED
THAT WE COULD DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY, PROVIDE A DIFFERENT
SET OF TOOLS AND FILL SOME GAPS
THAT WEREN'T FILLED.
SO I GOT SOME EXPERTS, AND WE
WENT IN, AND WE'VE DONE SEVERAL
OF THESE RESCUE OPERATIONS.
AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE
LAURIE WITH US AND GO IN AND DO
THIS IN COLUMBIA, WORK WITH THE
OFFICIALS, WORK WITH THE U.S.
EMBASSY WHO ALSO WAS VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND AS A TEAM
WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME REAL
GOOD IN DISSOLVING THESE CHILD
TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS.
TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS. >> THE WHOLE WAY THIS WAS SET UP
IS THAT TIM ACTED AS IF HE WAS
FACILITATING A BIG PARTY.
AND IT WAS DONE MONTHS IN
ADVANCE WHERE HE MET THESE
TRAFFICKERS, GAVE THEM A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY AND SAID I HAVE A
FRIEND OF MINE, HE'S HAVING A
BACHELOR PARTY, WE WANT A LOT OF
GIRLS, YOUNG GIRLS.
SO KRISTIN AND I WERE THE ONLY
WOMEN, TWO JUMP TEAM MEMBERS.
THERE'S 25 OF US ALL ON THE
MISSIONS.
MISSIONS. THERE WERE TWO WOMEN, KRISTA AND
MYSELF.
MYSELF. AND BASICALLY, WE HAD TO POSE AS
PARTY GIRLS, BECAUSE A LOT OF
THE MEN THAT GO ON THESE SEX
TOURS GO WITH THEIR GIRLFRIENDS.
SO WE HAD TO ACT.
WE HAD TO PRETEND THAT WE WERE
THE PARTY GIRLS.
WE WERE THERE TO HAVE A GOOD
TIME, TO MAKE SURE THE GIRLS
WERE ALL PRETTY AND GROOMED FOR
THE GUYS.
THE GUYS. SO WE HAD TO SELL THE
TRAFFICKERS ON THE IDEA THAT WE
WERE THE REAL DEAL.
SO THAT WAS AN ACTING CHALLENGE.
BUT WHEN WE WERE THERE, OUR ROLE
WAS TO KEEP THEM BY THE POOL AND
KEEP THEM CALM.
WHAT WAS SO DIFFICULT IS THAT
SOME OF THESE GIRLS WERE SO
YOUNG, I MEAN, 11, 12, 13, THEY
WERE SHAKING.
WERE SHAKING. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THE
AREA, BECAUSE IF THEY WENT INTO
THE MIDDLE OF THE VILLA WHERE
THE STING WAS TAKING PLACE, IF
ANYTHING WENT AWRY, THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE LINE OF FIRE.
WHEN EVERYTHING WENT DOWN AND
THE GUYS WERE ON TAPE, SAYING
THAT THEY WERE SELLING THESE
GIRLS AND HOW OLD THEY WERE, AND
THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF HANDS,
THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE BUST
WAS UP.
WAS UP. AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS ABLE TO
TAKE OFF THE WIG AND COMFORT THE
GIRLS, AND IT WAS, THERE WAS A
LOT OF TEARS.
>> AND LAURIE, AFTER YOU GET THE
GIRLS OUT, WHAT IS THERE FOR
THEM AS THE ALTERNATIVE, WHAT IS
THEY'RE OUT OF THERE?
>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S SO
WONDERFUL ABOUT THIS
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
APPEALED TO ME.
THE FIRST THING IS WHAT TIM JUST
SAID, WHICH WAS THAT OH, O.U.R.
WORKS WITH THE U.S. EMBASSY.
SO THERE'S SOME IDEA THAT THIS
IS MAVERICK STYLE AND WE'RE
INVADING COUNTRIES, IT'S NOT
EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS.
WE WORK WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT SO WE HAVE
VETTED UNITS.
VETTED UNITS. WE HAVE THE COOPERATION OF EVERY
COUNTRY THAT WE'RE GOING INTO.
THAT SAID, IT DOESN'T END WITH
JUST THE RESCUE.
FAMILY SERVICES COMES IN.
THEY FINGERPRINT THE GIRLS, GIVE
THEM MEDICAL EXAMS.
THEY FIND OUT EXACTLY WHO THEY
ARE AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
AND IF THEY HAVE A GOOD FAMILY
THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO, OF
COURSE, THEY'RE REUNITED IN
THOSE HOMES.
THOSE HOMES. IF NOT, THERE ARE STATE-RUN
REHAB CENTERS WHERE THEY'RE
GIVEN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
AND EDUCATION.
AND EDUCATION. AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS, BECAUSE
IN A LOT OF THESE COUNTRIES, YOU
KNOW, SO MANY OF THE GIRLS,
THEY'RE BACK ON THE STREETS,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
ALTERNATIVE.
ALTERNATIVE. BUT THEY'RE TAUGHT AND GIVEN AN
EDUCATION, SO THEY HAVE OPTIONS
SO THAT PROSTITUTION OR THIS WAY
OF LIFE IS NO LONGER SOMETHING
THAT'S GOING TO BE A WAY OF
LIFE.
LIFE. >> LAURIE HOLDEN AND TIM
BALLARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH