human trafficking

Tim Ballard, whose story inspired the hit movie Sound of Freedom, told a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that the Biden administration's immigration policies along the southern border are “feeding the growth” of child sex trafficking.

Sound of Freedom is a bonafide international hit. In recent days, the film has climbed to No. 1 on opening weekend in 19 countries, including New Zealand and Mexico, and No. 2 in Australia and South Africa. It opened at No. 4 in the United Kingdom.

The Angel Studios hit film Sound of Freedom passed $100 million in box office revenue Wednesday, barely two weeks after it was released in theaters as a largely unknown movie with little expectation for major success.

The faith-focused film Sound of Freedom continued rolling in its second weekend – and it set a box-office record in the process, too. The Angel Studios film grossed an estimated $27 million this weekend, a 37 percent increase from its opening weekend in an industry where films typically lose ground – instead of gain ground – from weekend to weekend.

The surprise indie hit of 2023 is back on top of the box office.

A Romanian man who took part in international human smuggling has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for the deaths of 39 migrants from Vietnam who suffocated in a trailer.

The stunning box office success of Angel Studios’ new faith-focused movie Sound of Freedom will allow it to expand in theaters in the coming weeks, says a studio vice president.

Sound of Freedom edged Disney’s Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny for No. 1 on opening day Tuesday with $14.2 million and followed that Wednesday with a solid $4 million, placing it at No. 2 (Indiana Jones had $5.5 million).

We need to have our arsenal of weaponry ready, and that includes excavating the hidden places in our own lives. Once we have the freedom to address what needs to be exposed, then we can equip the next generation to find their freedom. We need to fight for the children so they can rise up and fulfill the purpose that was deposited into them, to take their position in this world and to change it. But we must first do our part to fight for them right now.

Many of us have started moving on from the pandemic. We’re at the two-year mark now, cases are dropping, and we’ve started living our normal lives again. But for so many, this return to normalcy is impossible. Human trafficking spiked during the pandemic, as did the sheer number of those vulnerable to traffickers. And hundreds of thousands of these newly-vulnerable people all over the world are just children.

One-hundred and eight people were recently arrested in a six-day undercover human trafficking operation in Florida. Among those arrested were several Disney employees and a retired judge. Four child predators were also arrested in the operation.