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NATIONAL SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH January is annually marked as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. We shared posts about different forms of human trafficking and how…

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O.U.R. & AGAPE INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS WORK TOGETHER TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING

November 11, 2020

“It once took 22 days to rescue a 14-year-old girl who called us from a brothel asking for our help. When we finally got to her, we learned she had…

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GARDY’S STORY (PART 3 OF 8)

June 16, 2020

From the perspective of O.U.R. FOunder Tim Ballard I first learned about Gardy’s case in the news. As a government agent, I was used to the horrifying stories I saw…

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GARDY’S STORY (PART 2 OF 8)

June 11, 2020

From the perspective of Guesno Mardy, Gardy’s father I was with my wife in our office downtown Port Au Prince, working on the investigation, working on the search for Gardy,…

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COLOMBIA’S DEDICATION TO FIGHTING CHILD EXPLOITATION

July 11, 2019

O.U.R. held a special training last week in Bogota along with Dr. Chuck Easttom, Cyber Forensics Expert, to help newer Colombian operatives and several prosecutors from Central America better understand…

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O.U.R. Operations Team conducts training in Northern Thailand

June 13, 2019

The O.U.R. Operations Team was invited to conduct a training session in Northern Thailand for 50 members of law enforcement and NGO investigative personnel. Attendees consisted of officers, investigators, and…

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5 Ways to Give on #GivingTuesday

November 27, 2018

Tuesday November 27th is #GivingTuesday, the global day of giving. Our goal is to raise $50,000 over the next 24 hours! Here are 5 simple ways you can support O.U.R.…

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O.U.R. Operations Manager Encourages Impact Summit Attendees to Unite Around a Common Cause

October 15, 2018

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.—Ambrose Redmoon 475+ attendees at the Impact Summit on Saturday were encouraged…

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Successful O.U.R. Training in Colombia

December 12, 2017

One of the key pillars of our mission at O.U.R. is to empower local law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges. We believe that “teaching a person to fish” will lead to…

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Joshua David Brown Case Development: Another One Arrested, 145 Victims Identified

October 17, 2017

In December 2015, American pedophile Joshua David Brown was arrested in Peru along with five others for running an active child sex trafficking ring for several years. O.U.R. had a…

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