Tim Ballard跟他一手创立的operation undergound railroad闹翻了，已经离开了这个拯救trafficking小孩的组织。OUR能够吸引大量的捐款，都是因为Ballard的个人形象和名誉，目前尚不清楚在他离开以后，捐款数量会不会减少。 另外据报道，他在剧中以及剧外所讲述的故事经不起仔细推敲推敲，"on closer inspection， to not be accurate, and the organization was the subject of a protracted criminal investigation examining."调查的主要方向是，OUR是不是跟victims有sexual acts，OUR的行动有没有实际上created demand for trafficking victims等等。这个调查最终没有实质性的结果，对OUR的指控也被drop。 详情可见vice的系列文章：https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3qw/a-famed-anti-sex-trafficking-group-has-a-problem-with-the-truth https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgq8a/anti-trafficking-charity-operation-underground-railroad-has-another-murky-rescue-story https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgq8a/anti-trafficking-charity-operation-underground-railroad-has-another-murky-rescue-story
另外据报道，他在剧中以及剧外所讲述的故事经不起仔细推敲推敲，"on closer inspection， to not be accurate, and the organization was the subject of a protracted criminal investigation examining."调查的主要方向是，OUR是不是跟victims有sexual acts，OUR的行动有没有实际上created demand for trafficking victims等等。这个调查最终没有实质性的结果，对OUR的指控也被drop。
详情可见vice的系列文章：https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3qw/a-famed-anti-sex-trafficking-group-has-a-problem-with-the-truth https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgq8a/anti-trafficking-charity-operation-underground-railroad-has-another-murky-rescue-story https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgq8a/anti-trafficking-charity-operation-underground-railroad-has-another-murky-rescue-story
Tim Ballard一直都是名人哦 之前就是trump任命的co-chair of the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human trafficking