Inside REAL Human Trafficking Investigations | Carlos Rodriguez | Ep. 399
The Team House
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🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 107 minutes
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00:00 — Start
1:11 — Why He Became a State Trooper
5:18 — Undercover Drug & Street Ops
9:50 — Crimes Against Children Task Force
17:54 — Predator Coach Case Breakdown
27:58 — Female Offender & Shocking Abuse Case
40:29 — Online Predator Stings (Demand Ops)
48:38 — PTSD, Burnout & Compassion Fatigue
56:23 — How Traffickers Get Prosecuted
1:30:51 — NGOs, Prevention Programs & Fighting Trafficking Today
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. I want to tell you about my new novel, The Most Dangerous Man, Out in June. |
| 0:06.0 | It is a novel about a regimental reconnaissance company soldier who gets kidnapped while he's on a mission to West Africa. |
| 0:14.0 | And when he wakes up, he finds that he is now being hunted for sport by a group of tech billionaires through the wilds of West Africa. |
| 0:22.6 | This book is based on stories that I heard over the years about safari guides taking |
| 0:28.0 | wealthy clients hunting for poachers on game reserves in Africa. I took that and I took a century |
| 0:34.9 | old short story, the most dangerous game, and modernized it. And the product |
| 0:39.0 | is this book, which I think will feel contemporary and resonate with audiences today. Thank you, |
| 0:45.9 | and please check it out. Hey guys, welcome to the team house. |
| 1:03.4 | I'm Jack Murphy here with tonight's guest, Carlos Rodriguez. |
| 1:07.4 | He was, is a former police officer with the Washington State Patrol. He is also the author of the book, |
| 1:15.6 | upcoming book. Hopefully it'll be out by the time most of you guys hear this. The ugly underneath, |
| 1:21.3 | navigating the emotional toll of investigating crimes against children. So Carlos did a whole series of different cases throughout his career, |
| 1:31.0 | but one of them was getting involved in tracking down sexual predators, |
| 1:36.6 | people who are engaged in human trafficking and other nasty stuff. |
| 1:40.7 | And I'm really happy to have Carlos here today because I feel like in the last couple years, maybe five to ten years maybe a lot of different players have gotten involved in this topic. |
| 1:52.4 | And I think there's a lot of misconceptions around trafficking and what it is. |
| 1:56.7 | So I'm really happy to have an expert like you on here, Carlos. |
| 2:00.4 | Somebody who actually worked, |
| 2:01.4 | you know, boots on the ground to really shed some light on what this job is and what it does |
| 2:06.3 | to the police officers as well. |
| 2:08.5 | Yeah. |
| 2:09.3 | Yeah. |
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