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113: Part 2: Tye Holand is Saving Children with Operation Underground Railroad

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Tye remembers the exact moment he found his why. A five-year-old little girl was sexually abused and recorded by both parents. From that day forward, Tye has kept steadfast in his mission to save as many children as possible from the horrors of sexual abuse and human trafficking. A powerful story from the director of undercover operations that needs to be shared with everyone you know.

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That's the devaluation of life. That's what's hurt us in so many different areas.

0:18.0

Well, let's start setting the stage for a little bit because we want to talk about Operation Underground Railroad.

0:23.0

So as you're going through this career, was it just time for you to retire?

0:27.0

I mean, did you max out on what you good from retirement or did you say, I've had enough, I got to go do something else.

0:32.0

What was your decision on pulling the pin?

0:35.0

Well, I think we all got to a point or get to a point where you kind of know you're done policing.

0:48.0

But I wasn't done serving.

0:51.0

And so that's where I was, that's where I was kind of conflicted.

0:57.0

And since 2006, I've been in kind of this human trafficking realm.

1:03.0

I worked with a group international justice mission.

1:08.0

And I was a contractor with them.

1:11.0

So I did a lot of work in Southeast Asia, infiltrating organizations and bars and nightclubs and finding traffic victims.

1:25.0

So I did that for many years. And then in 2016, I got hooked up with Operation Underground Railroad.

1:35.0

And so I was doing work with them on a contract basis.

1:40.0

So I would go to any number of countries and do cases and stuff like that.

1:46.0

So in about 2000 or 2022, late 2021, we started talking and they needed a director of special operations.

1:59.0

And so it kind of worked out where I said, okay, it's time.

2:07.0

I can go do I can go do this and still still serve still have a mission and be a part of a fantastic, fantastic organization.

2:19.0

Hey, so let's set context for this just, but just out of curiosity, you've been looking at this subject for a long time.

2:25.0

What are the top five worst countries for this?

2:29.0

Um, you know, shoot top five worst countries.

2:35.0

Because everybody thinks about things like Thailand, you know,

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