Shaun Attwood's True Crime Podcast · October 2022
Ex-CIA Agent vs. Human Traffickers
Nic McKinley returns to Shaun Attwood's True Crime Podcast for a second appearance - a deeper dive into DeliverFund's operational approach, how intelligence analysis identifies trafficking networks, and what the evidence shows about the scale of the problem in the United States.
Key Takeaways
- Human trafficking in the United States is primarily a domestic problem - the networks that exploit victims are embedded in local economies, not foreign smuggling chains.
- Intelligence analysis designed for counterterrorism translates directly to trafficking network mapping - the analytical process is nearly identical.
- What law enforcement agencies most often lack is not resources or motivation - it is the analytical capability to turn raw data into actionable target packages.
- The evidence base for why disruption at the network level produces outcomes that individual case prosecution cannot achieve at scale.
From the episode
Hold onto your hats for this episode, as I sit down with US Air Force special operations Pararescueman and CIA operative, Nic McKinley.
After leaving the Air Force and joining the CIA, Nic saw the power of technology in targeting the bad guys, and after a combined 30 deployments as both a PJ and The Agency, Nic describes how he too...
Nic founded the DeliverFund, the only donor-funded solution to human trafficking that provides proprietary data and technology to law enforcement, enabling them to take down human traffickers more ...
Tune in to hear how this “real-life Jack Ryan“ gets it done and join the fight with Nic by supporting DeliverFund.