BRUTAL TRUTH from a Child Trafficking Investigator | Going Rogue with Lara Logan | Ep103

Her shoes were caked in dirt, and rescuers knew it meant time was running out. They never found her.

Lara sits down with “Lisa,” an undercover operative with Shepherd’s Watch Foundation, for a look inside the hidden world of human trafficking. Lisa describes a marriage-fraud scheme in which young American women were reportedly paid up to $100,000 to help men get U.S. citizenship. She also explains how online groomers can work on a child for years, how traffickers move victims across state lines, and how desperate the search became to find shelter for a pregnant 12-year-old.

It’s a harrowing look at real cases, the chances that were missed, and the people working to bring trafficking networks down.

00:00:00 - Dirty Shoes and a Closing Window
00:01:10 - Introducing ‘Lisa’ and Why This Conversation Matters
00:08:43 - Discovering the Trafficked-Marriage Scheme
00:14:11 - Following the Money: Who Is Paying and Why?
00:19:48 - Military-Aged Men and Suspicious Patterns
00:23:09 - Victims Come Forward Out of Fear
00:27:50 - The Case That Haunts: Lisa's Lost Girl
00:32:34 - Children Are Not Political Footballs
00:35:00 - Furries, Cartoons, and Digital Grooming
00:43:26 - Parents, Prevention, and the Predator in the Living Room
00:47:46 - Surveillance Tactics and Spotting Illicit Massage Businesses
00:53:36 - Online Ads, Coded Language, and Child Exploitation Material
01:02:17 - Cartels and Street Gangs Join Forces
01:10:20 - The Government's Role and the Missing Migrant Children
01:19:32 - Disposable Victims and the Scale of Exploitation
01:26:35 - Trans Escort Ads and Extreme Abuse
01:37:00 - Pregnant Minors with No Safe Houses
01:48:43 - Muslim Trafficking Rings and Sleeper Networks
01:52:10 - How to Support Shepherds Watch Foundation

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