BLOGJanuary 16, 2018

After Haiti Mission, OUR Founder Shares a Chilling Story About a Human Trafficker

“Evil will protect me,” she said.

Tim Ballard joined Glenn in the studio today to talk about Operation Underground Railroad’s latest mission in Haiti. He shared the incredible story of taking down a “kingpin” trafficker who had enslaved countless children and bribed government officials to cover up her dirty work.

The Nazarene Fund Has New Leadership and a New Mandate

To get the full story with Ballard and Jessica Mass, listen to the third hour of today’s show here. Ballard and Mass cover these topics and more:

What it’s like to work with Rep. Mia Love on Haiti outreach

How Haitian officials support O.U.R.’s efforts to root out human traffickers

Why horrifying stories like the Turpin family’s are not unusual, even in the U.S.

This article provided courtesy of TheBlaze.

GLENN: We all talk about, oh, if I would have lived back in the day, I would have been an abolitionist. Really, would you? Because there are more people that are being held as slaves today than in the entire 400-year history of the slave trade. And yet, are we involved? Are we doing things? Are you an abolitionist? I invite you to be an abolitionist by going to ourrescue.org.

Abraham Lincoln is on the 5-dollar bill, once a month, just give five months and become an abolitionist. If you can afford it, give more. Ourrescue.org. And theNazareneFund.org, which is also rescuing the slaves in the Middle East.

Tim Ballard is the founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad and the chairman of the Nazarene Fund, just returning from Haiti, where there is a big shakeup happening, trying to make their government work and get away from evil.

You just rescued a whole bunch of children and caught a -- probably the kingpin.

TIM: The kingpin. Yes. That we arrested back in February of last year. And bought her way out of jail. We got the right people, the new president of Haiti, and here we are going in to get her again two nights ago.

GLENN: So you have -- your photographer is one of the back of your vehicles.

TIM: Yeah. My videographer jumps in the back. And I'm like, Justice, what are you doing?

We're about to hit the brothel. He's like, I got to get a camera on this guy's helmet. So he's wrapping -- I'm laughing. I'm like, okay. He's wrapping duct tape around this kind of awkward scene.

The guy is like, all right. That's fine. So we get to the spot. The team gets out of the van. There's like three vans that jumped out and get around the target and take her down. She's in the middle of selling one of the girls, while we do it, with a guy who has 1200 condoms that he holds the bag for her.

But these two guys, one with the camera on his helmet, gets out of the van. And he's supposed to come with us. But I see him take off the other way.

And what had happened was, one of the girls, one of the victims got scared, didn't know what was going on, and ran into what I call a stable. I mean, it's a stable door. It's a steel door. And she runs into it. He follows her.

He says, something is not right. He gets in there. And, Glenn, in my 16 years, I've never seen this. I've seen the camera footage of what he captured. I've never seen this.

A girl, probably 13 years old. And I would ask people. This is a tough thing to ask people, but who is 13 in your life? You have a daughter. I have a daughter who is 13. These are babies. Okay?

He goes in there, and catches in the act, a man who is raping her in the back bedroom. And pulls him off. And -- and goes to her -- her rescue. And we caught it all on camera.

Which will allow us to prosecute the heck out of this guy. I've never seen that. We've raided so many situations like this. Never in the act. And we have not seen kids, by the way, in the four weeks leading up to -- tracking this woman. Because she keeps them so hidden. It was providential. And the fact that Justice, my videographer --

GLENN: At the last minute.

TIM: Last minute, puts a camera on this guy's helmet for no apparent reason, it was just kind of a strange act.

GLENN: So you get the -- the madam or the kingpin here of the Haitian slave trade. Is she the king -- is she the or one of them?

TIM: She is, according to the attorney general of Haiti, she is the number one child trafficker that they wanted. The number one.

GLENN: Wow. So you get her. And she says to you, evil will protect me.

TIM: Yes.

GLENN: That's a quote?

TIM: It was translated to me. But that's as close -- that's the translation that I got.

GLENN: I don't think people understand -- going to -- knowing the history of Haiti, at the same time, we made a pact with God. The same year, 1791, they made a pact with Satan. A literal pact with Satan. And I think that's one of the reasons why that country has so many problems. They've never really broken that. I think a lot of people might dismiss it now.

But I think it's real there. Evil is real there. And people like her, to say, evil will protect me, that's what she's talking about.

So how do you -- how do you heal a country like that, Tim?

TIM: You know, what you do is you find those of light. And they're there. And it was that very history you're talking about, where we brought that to light. And said, look, even in that darkness -- because that is part of their history. Anyone will tell you -- they'll tell you, like, yeah, there's elements that did that.

GLENN: It is. Yeah.

TIM: But there was light that came with that too, from the beginning that fought it.

GLENN: Yeah.

TIM: And it's about finding those. And Congresswoman Mia Love who came down, and Attorney General Sean Reyes, also accompanied us and helped us to bring the light to -- to the country, through people like President Moïse and the Attorney General Acknam. And the aftercare partners we have. I mean, talking -- you've been to our safe house.

GLENN: Yeah. Jessica was the director of the aftercare. And you're one of the most tender-hearted people I know. And just, I love watching you, because you are tender. And yet, you are a pit bull in those situations. Because you know where the danger is.

How many people did you get out?

TIM: Four. There was four --

GLENN: Four children.

TIM: Yeah.

GLENN: And the one big boss.

TIM: Yeah. Well, and four -- three of her minions went down -- we nailed her at the same time.

GLENN: And they are going to -- the president is all over this one.

TIM: Oh, yes. Yeah.

GLENN: So the situation with the children, you've been there so many times, tell me what happened on the anniversary of the earthquake, and how that tied in. Do you know what I'm talking about? Tim, do you know what --

TIM: Yeah, sorry.

GLENN: Yeah.

JESSICA: Yeah. So with the four girls, two of them, their parents were killed during the earthquake, and while we were there, was when they were rescued, was the anniversary of the earthquake eight years later.

GLENN: So they've been in that situation for eight years.

TIM: They were kidnapped because their parents were killed in the earthquake. Just like my kids that I'm adopting, the same thing that happened. It happened to thousands.

GLENN: People don't understand -- thousands.

TIM: Tens of thousands of kids.

GLENN: Yeah. People don't understand that the earthquake -- we think, oh, well, the Clinton Foundation came down and built some roads. No, what people didn't look at is all of the parents that were dead. And the kids were kidnapped. And they're still slaves. So they've been slaves for eight years?

JESSICA: The devastation that comes when someone becomes an orphan overnight, and the vulnerabilities that are there are ongoing. And, yes, these kids have been in this situation for eight years. And so when you're sitting with a kid that has been through that, their parents killed, they've been trafficked, and she's looking in my eyes, and she says -- she says, "This is the first time I've ever felt like there's hope." And tears start to roll down her face. And she's like, "I finally feel like there might be hope that I'll have something for my life." Eight years later, there's the pain and the beauty that go hand in hand in the story. Because she's been through this for so long. But even this girl feels the hope in that moment.

GLENN: We started the hour talking about what happened in California, what they found out from those monsters of parents that chained their kids to the beds. And I know because Jessica and I have talked privately about things that she has seen here in the United States, this happens everywhere. This is not a Haitian problem or a Middle Eastern problem or an American problem. It's a human problem.

And there is something inside of man that when it goes dark, it goes really dark. And that's what the Nazarene Fund and operation rescue, O.U.R. is really all about, is rescuing and going into the darkest of dark places. And I don't know how you guys do it. Tim, I don't know how you are as full of light as you are, after all the things that you have seen. But you're a miracle, and we thank you. Tonight at 5 o'clock, we're going to have the footage. So you'll see some of the things that we were talking about.

And if we have time, I don't know if we'll have time tonight, but we were talking off the air about what's happening in Sweden right now, where Iran is going to be welcoming home one of their own. Somebody who is a refugee, who left Iran because she saw a woman being stoned in the streets.

She was a journalist over in Iran. She left. She went to Sweden.

She got a work visa. She was a refugee. They accepted her. Then she announced -- she felt comfortable enough to say, I am not Muslim. I am a Christian. And Swedes turned on her. And have revoked her visa and are threatening to send her back.

I don't know what's happening in the world. I mean, I just -- it is like evil is protecting its own right now.

And -- and we need your help. So if you can help us, please become an abolitionist. And you can do that by going to ourrescue.org. Ourrescue.org. More tonight at 5 o'clock. Thanks guys for coming in.

TIM: Thank you.

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Why Your Actions Matter More Than Words in the Eyes of God

Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

Watch the FULL Interview HERE

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Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

Glenn Beck Warns of 3 Economic Outcomes That Could Change EVERYTHING | Ep 467

Socialism is spreading fast among America’s youth, and the shocking election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor in New York City marks a major cultural and economic shift. Glenn exposes how runaway debt, record home prices, AI job disruption, and the collapsing stake in capitalism have led many Millennials and members of Gen Z to embrace socialism and communism. He reveals the three possible economic futures for 2026: two that are disastrous and one that could change everything if the Trump administration’s global financial overhaul succeeds. Plus, Justin Haskins, president of the Heartland Institute, joins to reveal some terrifying truths about why young Americans are embracing socialism from a poll he conducted with Rasmussen Reports.

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Glenn Beck warns: We're already in World War III

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.

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After Haiti Mission, OUR Founder Shares a Chilling Story About a Human Trafficker

The Nazarene Fund Has New Leadership and a New Mandate

Why Your Actions Matter More Than Words in the Eyes of God

Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

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