CONTRALAND: A Shocking Documentary About Sex Trafficking In America (TW!) 

*All perpetrators shown in this documentary have been prosecuted and convicted. You can support Craig's nonprofit here: donorbox.org/shine-the-light

They need to start going after the higher ups that are involved. The politicians, Hollywood, Disney, judges (who give them light sentences), professors, teachers. I understand wanting to go after the cartels but if they didn't have customers that are protected by power then there wouldn't be a demand.

I’m not American, but this isn’t an uniquely American problem. I totally disagree with the guy who said "Prison is the best place for them." In the ground is the best place for them, full stop. Touch a child feel the wrath of God.

The most terrifying thing to me, if it’s $38billion/yr and growing industry, it means that it is extremely wide spread. It’s terrifying, and disgusting.

If a dog hurts a child, it’s put down……. However, when grown adults who know right from wrong hurt a child, then what???

They should have death penalty no matter how small or big the crime is once it involves minor, it should be death penalty.

Anyone who can harm a child is a monster. Just sick! Thank to everyone who is trying to stop this ...

Evil prevails when good men do nothing. Except a truly good man would do everything he could. Thank you for doing what's right.

This is demonic. The wicked high places need to be destroyed. Demons are real.

I'm a trucker and have seen this twice. But I didn't really know what I was looking at. Now I'm part of Truckers against Trafficking and know what to look for. I'm going to look into your group. I'm not a Vet because my service was filling the food chain at home for the last 47 years trucking. Thanks for all you do.

As a survivor, I know these people need those like you. When I was 13, we did not have these resources, you just kept quiet and didn't say anything because you were harmed more from the judicial system, making it not worth it. I just grew up with PTSD that still lingers in my late 50's. For me it was a life sentence, but it does not have to be for those who are coming out of this life. God be with you, stay safe, and may God bless you richly as you have no clue how much this means to me and others. ❤

Very informative, I think this should be aired on TV over and over again to protect our children and make parents very aware of how this happens.

The worst predators you’ll find in high places. The ones with money and power enough to buy their way out of it. And to continue. What about addressing just that. 5.5 million children disappear each year on this planet 😢 it’s beyond devastating.

I do not understand how anyone could believe that guys research … we were all children once surly our memories aren’t that short … I was a mid teen before being interested in boys before that they were gross .. mid teen although attracted to the odd guy was still pretty innocent in what I wanted .. holding hands and kiss .. I was pretty grossed out by men 30/40/50’s that dog whistled or spoke to me looking at me creepy from the age of 10/11yrs. No child is interested in sex … period.

This is happening in every town in America. My mom not only molested me but sold me to the pedophile in the upstairs apartment from age 6 to 8. Im 36 and those 2 years ruined my life. I struggle with suicidal thoughts and feeling such incredible shame and self hate. Why did she hurt me and let someone else do far worse. I lived in Pacific Grove CA when this happened the town motto is America's last home town. Picture were made. My moms 1st attempt at pictures she took to thrifties to get developed. Cops showed up at our door. She talked her way out of trouble saying they were just pics of bathtime for her scrapbook. They were sold to pedophiles. She got a poloroid after that. I wont even mention what the pedophile upstairs did to me. These animals have no place in society

I’m a mental health therapist and I try so hard to educate parents and kids. Unfortunately they rarely listen and think it won’t happen. Thank you for this video!!!

Don't think for one second that the people in power don't know what's going on. They absolutely do and yet they turn away from it and ignore it. If you don't think evil walks among us then you are not paying attention

The way he let his daughter join in on the mission and agreed to put a side his father instinct in order for his daughter to take her power back was so touching to see!! He is an amazing father not only to his daughter, but also the numerous children who’s lives he’s saved! GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS TEAM. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY!

We need to smarten the heck up and give them the death penalty. Because not only are they harming the child but many generations to come

It’s absolutely everywhere. Disgusting and abhorrent. We live in southern Oregon and we have children here who have died being r an p ed to death!! Unbelievable evil and yes, they will pay for their crimes in the next ‘life’….

This should be a capital offense, period. The punishment for this needs to be exceptionally harsher for this and until it is it will just keep growing.

Why the hell they keep setting them free from jail? They should just use them as test subjects instead of animals who are innocent.

Counseling? These ppl are unrehabitatable they need to be put on a island far away. Let them all work it out amongst themselves out there. Or better yet a death sentence be done with it but most only get probation

When I was a little girl a very long time ago, my mother told me to never talk to a stranger, never let a stranger give you a ride and never, never take candy from a stranger. I remember my mother's words to this day and I will be 76 years of age come FEB. 2023

We have failed as a society when we cannot protect our most vulnerable 😢

The words, "Together we are, that we can't be alone", made a big impact in my life, this is not my problem, it's our problem, we need to stand together.

What an amazing group of heroes. My child was taken when she was 15 and the police refused to help even though the perps texted me telling me they were going to transport her to Wyoming. They even said good luck trying to get her back. Thankfully, she was able to get free on her own. The police, sheriffs dept, attorney general nor state police in Arkansas cared at all. They don’t even supervise their sex offenders. Would never live their again as long as I have young children in my family. I had a lump in my throat through the whole video knowing how easily this can happen. Bless each and every one of you. So many people think this isn’t a huge issue. I wish we could educate the mass public about this ongoing way childrens lives are destroyed.

I do not watch or accept porn anymore. It started a long time ago and I have gone through a lot of arguments with men about porn. Through my yrs, 47, I have seen the escalation of sex and hurtcore, abuse of porn and addictions... it is bad. Very bad. No, sex is not something you are suppose to get no matter what. Sex is something you earn. Our instincts and primary need are so fucked up theese days that we, humans, hurt instead of please. Sadism is like a drug today. It is more abuse then happiness. It is time that women talk to their men ab porn. The truth that you as a woman really feel about your man using porn when you are not around. The pornuse is insane folks!!! I am pissed of and had enough of this shit. The children comes first. Women that let children be abused deserves the same punishment as the men who rape. Period.

Thank you for treating the victims with such respect

US ARMY VETERAN FEMALE hooyah to this Navy Seal...protect our innocents! Awesome calling sir! Keep up the good works for God!

Thank You for what you guys are doing!!!!! We need more to be done to protect the babies and to put these predators away forever!!

There's a troubling problem with child trafficking & child SA in the US. The southern border is porus and the CPS is terrifyingly inadequate. There needs to be proactive action taken. Here in Europe, every county in most countries has specialised units that work full-time on this issue. We can't prevent every case, but there is greater knowledge of what's happening. A very nice and friendly "gentleman" in my area was arrested this year for child sa. It shook us all to our core. That man had a lovely wife & 2 children, each of them married and parents to young girls. Turns out the "gentleman" was buying and sharing obscene child porn. He's awaiting sentencing. His wife cut off all contact with him, as did his kids. It's destroyed his family but we are all looking out for his wife. She blames herself for not being computer savvy when it was her husband who didn't want her using his devices. Being a parent makes us all accountable for checking our children's devices.

Absolutely! Parents have to know what's going on with their kids on their phones, computers and games. No normal parent would allow their kid to walk down a road in a dangerous red light district but many will turn a blind eye to the phone and the computer and the computer games which make kids so vulnerable. Watch out for your kids!

This would be my dream job! I'm an air force veteran and retired corrections officer. I would LOVE to join your team!

Thank-you for letting your daughter take her power back. Oh, how much better my life would have done had I been able to take my power back as a young women like the young woman here. When I was grabbed at her age, I had no words to reveal what had happened to me. noone to tell, noone to talk to. The shame that was put onto me ( as a much older siblings had abused me when I was tiny) silenced me. I am really glad that there are ways to catch people and to get them with these methods. You go girl!

He WORKED for the treasury department in our IRS . They caught a big pedofile. These high positions need filter out these pedofiles.

This program is excellent and I applaud what they are doing. The problem is that this will NOT DETER A TRUE PEDOPHILE. A true pedophile will only be more careful and be fearful of seeking a minor person "underground." If they are pathological, they will almost always prey on a family member or someone under their care and guidance.

I know of a case n which an adult woman abused sexually of her kids . The case went to court but all the social workers involved interviewing the victims wrote on their writings to defend the woman and not the children . Is sad but child molesters are laughing of our weak system .

Just thinking of the fear and horror these kids go through brings me to tears... I will never understand how such evil can prevail... I'm so grateful for the men doing what they're doing trying to help these kids.. true heroism

This whole doc put me into a flight or fight mode. It’s just so sick to think that this could be going on right now somewhere in the world.

Shallow graves is how this all needs to end, for both provider and providee. It bugs me when people ask things like “how can you harm a child” and so on. Why are you trying to understand their reasoning? Just deal with them.

Aspen, you are an amazing young woman! I am so proud of you for taking your power back!! ❤

This truly makes me sick to my inner core of my being!!!!! As a woman, a mother and human being!!!

Did anyone else’s heart rise up into their throat after watching this? 💔 There’s absolutely no words for what I just watched. This must be what shock feels like?😭😭😭

The silver lining is that there are good people out there taking these monsters down.

I would love to be a part of this. I totally commend these people for putting themselves out there to protect the kids who aren't capable of protecting themselves. Ya'll are awesome!!!!!

Very admirable that these people are capturing these pedophiles. I hope they realize there's also female perpetrators and hope they're targetting the female monsters too.

So happy you, and your family are fighting for these children. So sad, and shocking how many predators are out there.

The sick and sad reality is, pedophilia is rampant in the Mormon communities in Utah as well as many criminals being recruited by the Army. Thank you to the amazing rescue team. I pray for divine protection and safety for the women, children victims and your rescue teams. I want to get involved in the rescue of all the children of this world. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

Anyone interested in learning more about this global-wide meat market must read Tim Tate's work. Nothing could have prepared me for the information I learned and it's scale. A book he wrote called "Child Pornography" decades ago demonstrates his accuracy as we start to see the tip of the iceberg he saw 40 years ago. For all who imagine drugs are a bigger market worldwide, you are incorrect: this is bigger than all drugs combined, believe it, or not, it won't change and it's been like this for over 100+ years. Industrialization includes processing sexual toys for desiring customers and where there is a demand, in time, there will be a supply. I'm not stating this because I agree with it, simply stating the current state of this world's underbelly. The only bigger market is guns.

This is too heavy to watch to completion. Thank you for your service, everyone involved. I cannot thank you enough. We all do.

Thank y'all for defending and saving these children for our homeland.

You heard them say it. “We tell the therapist what they want to hear, you will never cure us” yet there’s people out there trying to rehabilitate them. Put them down. A needle is all it takes.

It all stems from the availability of porn to our minors. Somewhere right now, a child is being exposed to porn from their friends, or they came across it accidentally and their young minds can't handle the grown up themes being cast upon them. I blame porn and i also blame the parents of kids who give their kids these cellphones, it's like handing your child a stack of nude porn magazines and saying here, you're eventually going to see them later on so might as well be now

Thank you all for doing what you can do to keep children safe!

The daughter of the lead on the team is do strong and brave for choosing to decoy to help others be protected from these monsters. I am in awe of her.

You would be surprised how common this is in foster care.

My heart is with these children ❤️

These peoples wives/children must be mortified when they find out how repulsive their husband/fathers are. How disgusting these people are. Its unbelievable there are so many out there. I hope one day you can get the ones who run these things. Keep it up.

This was very well done. I'm happy to see this subject being addressed. And knowing that our true president (not the fake one who thinks he's president) is doing e everything he can to combat this epidemic and hold those that harm children accountable

I can't help but think of Nathan Lane's line in The Addams Family. "Hook 'em, book 'em, cook'em". Aspen, you did FANTASTIC! You made your parents very proud! I was proud of you too. I hope you carry on in law enforcement. You're a natural!

I absolutely believe that someone who holds a job should be punished more harshly as well and these year probation sentences are bull crap. the children that they are abusing mostly have not developed the mental capacity to deal with the LIFETIME of PAIN that theses abuses cause for an hour of fun

It is truly sad that these thugs think they own women and children and are put on this earth for their pleasure. Thank you for your continued fight to take these thugs down.

It wasn't that long ago that adult men married their 13 year old cousins and that was a social norm! Advertising is STILL aimed at the importance of appearing very young, especially in females. Mexico didn't even raise its age of consent from 12 to 15 until 2012!. It's going to take a very long time to reverse these deeply rooted societal mores.

I didn’t want this documentary to end I love watching them sick bastards get caught and listening to victims God bless you Mr. Sawyer and everyone else involved!

This is educational and disturbing. Kudos to Craig.

This is so sickening

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!! I don't understand how anyone could hurt a child so thoughtlessly!? I couldn't believe how many of these men were so-called "upright" veterans!! I look up to people like that!!! Fighting for our country is a very noble thing to do!!! Why don't they care about being noble anymore!!!??? They disgust me. KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT!! I'll be praying for you all. Much love to you!!!

If all the perpetrators in this documentary have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, then why did Hugh Hefner die a free man ??? (Things that make you go, "Hmmm...")

Imagine how fast this issue would be turned around and then almost stopped completely over a short period of time by having a purge just like the movie once a week but targeting only the known monsters involved in this starting with politicians keeping these said monsters from being punished.

The Starfish Story - long, but worth reading. An old man was doing his daily walk along the beach one morning, it was a beautiful day to be by the sea. The man was enjoying his alone time, enjoying nature and reflecting. Then he spotted a young boy crouched by the ocean, picking something up from the sand and throwing it into the sea. It was not a busy day at the beach at all. In-fact, the man noticed it was just him and the boy. Fascinated by the boy’s actions, the man stopped to watch the boy for a while. He noticed the boy kept scooping something up, running to the ocean and throwing it in. The man watched the boy repeat these actions again and again - stop, pick up, throw, move. Over and over. The man was indeed intrigued by the strange actions of the boy at the beach. “What could he possibly be doing?” The man asked himself. And so he walked closer to the boy and asked him.“What are you doing there boy?” “I am saving these stranded starfish” answered the boy. “If they stay on the beach any longer, they will dry up and die. I am putting them back into the ocean so they can live.” Then he picked one more starfish and threw it in, then another, and another. The old man was silent for a while, watching the boy labor away. He didn’t understand the young lad’s enthusiasm and drive; it just didn’t make sense to him at all. Because life had taught him that if he was to spend time doing anything at all, it was better to spend it aiming for the stars, doing big things that made a difference with a bang. “Young man” he said, “on this stretch of beach alone, there must be more than one hundred stranded starfish. Around the next corner, there must be at least one thousand more. This goes on for miles and miles and miles - I’ve done this walk every day for 10 years, and it’s always the same. There must be millions of stranded starfish! I hate to say it, but you’ll never make a difference.” In response, and without missing a beat, the boy picked up a starfish and threw it into the water, saying, “well I just made a difference to that one.” Then he picked another and threw it, “and that one.” And so one after another, the boy picked and threw starfish into the lifesaving waters, each time repeating himself to the man, “it made a difference to that one, and that one, and now this one…” And on and on the boy went, making a difference one starfish at a time.

God help us……to protect the children……

The sad thing is that our government knows what's going on..FACTS THEY DON'T GIVE A DAM. 😔

I used to live To Catch a Predator... I'm glad to have recently found out there are many groups, on RU-vid alone, doing this kind of awesome work catching these perverted 'things' that prey on our kids online...! And the traffickers are even worse...! They need to be given life sentences...! They cannot be fixed...! Thanks, keep up y'alls awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today...!

The bigger question is as a society why do so many men wanna sleep with children? Until this is addressed we're gonna continue to have this crazy problem I mean at this point it looks like 50% of the men wanna sleep with young children it's ******* gross

Kids need to be educated about strange men/ woman,and even uncles and aunts( not to scare them or make them.uncomfortable around people),but to teach them awareness,and how to look after themselves,obviously if it's a baby,they cant defend themselves..Rapists,Pedofiles,and Traffickers should get the death penalty,once that happens,I believe there will be a drop in these particularly degrading,disgusting crimes against the most innocent,these unsubs shouldnt live,to groom or sexually abuse another child..

I cant believe the evil men are capable of ! God needs to save the human race ! We are his worst creation

I'm glad that people are taking action to protecting children. I'm terrified that there are so many sickos out there. I live in Queens and a few years ago there was a guy at the park taking pictures of the kids. I noticed that he had no kid of his own an I told him what are you doing get outta here and he left.

I wish some organization would start training people about how to spot this in our communities. We need to protect innocent children!

This is bigger than the war on drugs.

Men like them will never change never sick 😊😊

I cried. Sick sick sick.

absolutely sickening!😒

Absolutely sickening!!

This world is so corrupt please watch your kids! Don’t trust nobody! Watch out for GROOMING!

Anyone who has any attraction to kids needs to be locked up for life without segregation!!!! They need to be in general public in prison!! They need to live in constant fear!!!

As long as GOVERNMENTS and People in any position of wraith keep getting RICHER AND MORE POWERFUL NONE OF THIS WILL END!!!

THE BEST DOCUMENTARY I have seen in a long time. Globally we have to never stop until there are no longer these crimes in our society. We all have to stop allowing it

This is a good vid ...protecting our children is a worthy cause ....but the way this bloke bangs on about being a Navy Seal and a "Warrior" is replusive - To wage war on - SMALLER ...WEAKER....POORER .....LESS WELL equipped countries like - Vietnam ....Afghanistan .. ....Iraq ....Is NOT the actions of a Warrior ...These are the actions of a Coward and a bully - How many of these big brave Navy Seals are fighting in - Ukraine ? 1 Million Iraqis were slaughtered by Americans ......how many were Children ? 2 MILLION Civilians slaughtered in Vietnam .....How many were chldren ? Over 300 000 Afghans dead ...How many were children ? A REAL warrior wud not have waged illegal wars like these ...No wonder he can not look himself in the mirror .....

I cannot imagine the wives reactions and devastation when they find out! Their poor children suffering with no dad anymore to find out years later when they are older what their dads did. Disgusting to say the least.

So disgusting but thank you for what you do to expose this and also catching the preds.

Why so little views??? This deserves so much more.

Dude as soon as a man shows up to talk to the perpetrator they’ve gotta know they are totally screwed lol…. Why would anyone ever go through with this? On top of the moral feelings…

Praise God for ppl that stand up for the innocents! You child predators, if man's law doesn't get you, God will, know this...sick af!

While thease guys are stopping 10 percent of the trafficking. If they took over the 90 percent thats government run underground rails they'll make a diffrence😮

HELP..GIVE THEM HELP!! ARE YOU NUTS??? WHY IS THE FOCUS ON THEM !!!???....THE CHILDREN ARE DISTROYED...GIVE THE CHILD HELP.

I'm sure some of you have heard from the Cherish Perrywinkle story. I initially came across it while I was at work sitting around waiting and scrolling through RU-vid and hearing about her story just broke my heart.💔 As a dad to girls who are now young ladies and now a granddad to 2 granddaughters who where around 2 when I first came across here story. It wasn't until I came across the trial of Donald Smith (the man who kidnapped, raped and murdered her) where I really got the insight of what happened to Cherish. I watched the medical examiner as she explained the whole autopsy process and she went into detail of the trauma that Cherish suffered from be sexually assaulted and I could have probably thrown up after hearing the injuries that a young girl experiences from this horrible act. Let me just say that one of the most disturbing things the medical examiner said about the genital of Cherish was when she said that "the anatomy was totally distorted!" If that doesn't make you sick and heart broken. We hear these stories of young girls being kidnapped and raped, but we really didn't hear what happens to a young girl from such a horrible act.

Porn addiction is where it all begins. So many young men are addicted to pornography and it leads to a life of depression.

Just saying there’s no such thing as “underage prostitution.” That is so degrading for the children. This is RAPE.

For the life of me… I can’t comprehend the level of evil and perversion of these so called men that create the demand for this. I am very proud of the fact that some good men that can do something about this are… this should be near the top of our priority list of things to straighten out immediately in the world and especially here in America. God bless you all who are dragging this into the light, thank you.