New from me and @timmarchman: a monthslong investigation on the overseas work of the anti-trafficking charity Operation Underground Railroad. We begin with the fact that one of their sources for an operation in Haiti was.... a psychic medium. vice.com/en/article/bvx…
OUR did not dispute to us that they've used a psychic named Janet as a source for this and other investigations. Instead, they defended the practice. 
People who worked with OUR also disputed the claim that most of the overseas "jump team" are ex-military; one person told us that is "complete and utter bullshit." We confirmed that real estate agents, donors and other inexperienced people were among the "operators."
We also spoke with someone who was selected to participate in jump team training. He described games and scavenger hunts that seemed more like stuff "for kids," as he put it, plus a lecture saying to let OUR know if you ever feel sexually tempted by trafficking victims.
OUR operators have seemingly boasted about some of these stories before. A real estate broker who went on one of their missions described bargaining with traffickers to pay for the release of children "just like I negotiate on a real estate deal." labusinessjournal.com/news/2016/sep/…
"I’m not saying they don’t need help. But this is not Taken with Liam Neeson," one person said of underage sex workers of 16 or 17. "These are girls in a desperate situation. They need a job and an education. They don't need someone to rescue them, some white guy from Utah.”
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