Slave Murder Coverup | Law & Order SVU

After a boy is found dead, a search into the cause of the death makes apparent that there is a hidden system bringing in children to the slave trade.
Season 5, Episode 14 'Ritual': The apparent human sacrifice of a young black boy leads to a child slave ring.
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[@podsmpsg1]

I loved it when Finn arrested her and said "In case you haven't noticed, Lincoln freed the slaves". That was awesome.

[@rickpat-x9u]

this is a 10-15 yr old show....... Since the movie about Child Trafficking came out early this year & Hollywood defends the stars guilty of Child Trafficking & Child Abuse, this episode could not be made now in 2023... Disney, NBC & Democrats would call it Trump's fault.

[@squarebear619]

Lincoln never wanted to free enslaved people and even wanted to send freed people to places like Costa Rica. Imagine trying to shill Propaganda as authentic history. Those days are over.😂

[@JohnCooper-gm6mn]

​@@rickpat-x9u😂

[@pocketinfinity6733]

lincoln also had slaves of his own

[@kristinaringo8490]

@@pocketinfinity6733lie

[@MahsaKaerra]

What a heartless woman. Owns a child slave and is willing to run cover for the human traffickers, but it is the thought of wearing a prison uniform that changes her mind?

[@elderliddle2733]

Pride made her weak.

[@alaakela]

​@@elderliddle2733No. Money, lots of money made her powerful.

[@MatthewNY94]

It wasn't about the uniform lol. She just didn't want to go to prison.

[@sheriff0017]

@@MatthewNY94 The demographics of American prisons would be unfavourable to someone who purchased an African child.

[@wynwilliams911]

The thought of having to face consequences for her actions

[@archit8658]

I like how she says she's not a slave and then describes involuntary servitude as if its not the next three words after slavery in the 13th amendment.

[@aprilgibson817]

Mental psychology, many enskaved people never thought of themselves as humans just objects just animals

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

well she'll get to see the other end of it in prison.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

whats messed up is nowadays the traffickers call them "indentured servants" its still illegal but it means they got the victims to agree to being trafficked so they can try to claim it was legal (still isnt legal), i worked on a task force years back that dealt with hunting child traffickers from asia, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, and i can tell you, there are thousands of children trafficked to the states every year, scariest part of my time on that team, we had some mafia guys drop off 6 Chinese women who were trying to sell them kids

[@brg4622]

I don’t feel anyone agrees to be trafficked, they just simply get their passports taken like it’s normal to withold it. Then boom, they can’t leave.

[@brookelynnwu8016]

Most Americans don’t know anything about the amendments really

[@violetdycon1595]

Episodes like these ones, show truly how horrible humanity can be at its lowest.

[@alaakela]

Or at it's most powerful. Money does buy you power, immunity. And a s l ave too.

[@CollandriaGinn-c5q]

This is all true ,art imitate life😢😢this is what's happening, been happening 😢

[@christrotter3052]

Makes me pray for The Asteroid on regular basis

[@brandonturner97]

I understand this is a fictional show, but stuff like this reinforces my misanthropy

[@BlackcatPlayerB]

Unfortunately, although this seems like fiction, it is now happening in other countries and places.

[@jamespoledna2693]

Human trafficking is just another word for slavery. Slavery is the most evil inhumane crime in human history!

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

Frighteningly there is never a week where I don't here far right people trying to justify America's history of slavery. The same people that claim the south didn't succeed from the union over slavery but over "state's rights" will in the next breath say "well African nations also had slavery so why should Whites feel guilty about it."

[@odinfromcentr2]

I think we should go back to calling it slavery. That's what it is. Enough with these bullshit euphemisms.

[@besnikzogaj9887]

@@odinfromcentr2 mind your business! You know that he’s right what he had trying explain to you?

[@odinfromcentr2]

@@besnikzogaj9887 I was agreeing, you dolt. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@christianbolze7092]

And its still practiced, especially in asia and africa :/

[@RayRay_28]

A lot of people don't realize that slavery still goes on today. This episode was dark, but I'm glad these sort of things exist to shed light on these things.

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Some folks a few years back were being kept as slaves near me. Poor elderly women. When it happened I couldn’t help but think of my grandmother

[@RayRay_28]

@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 that is so sad! How did you find out? I don't understand how people could do that to other people.

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

@@RayRay_28 heard about the news, cops found out about it on the SW side of town after neighbors reported seeing elderly women in chains. women were kept behind a chain link fence in a house,

[@RayRay_28]

@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 oh my gosh, how terrifying!

[@mask938]

The only thing that’s changed is that slavery is illegal outside of being used as a punishment for prison inmates (which is still wrong). In any other context, it’s illegal and you will be arrested when police find out.

[@D2RCR]

Such a dark episode, but probably one of Fin's finest moments.

[@Nio-u9h]

“In case you haven’t heard Lincoln freed the slaves”, has and still is a amazing line

[@lexisinka6021]

This was one of Finn’s best episodes by far. He was adamant on making sure those people payed for what they did to those children.

[@robertocazzaniga5548]

"Careless" (same season) was great too

[@jonL88]

“Anchor” as well!

[@feelingoffbalance]

It has to be the worst of humanity. I found out recently from someone who was on Ukraine border with Poland, that human traffickers waited there for women and children escaping the war. Who are these monsters??

[@sinfulkivisian20]

Humanity's malice knows no bounds or limits. The unfortunate truth of the world amd the oldest story in the book

[@marcietownsend3635]

It's everywhere at high and low levels of all global organizations. We live in denial about the continuum of violence surrounding our lives.

[@besnikzogaj9887]

@@marcietownsend3635that’s right!

[@benrussell-gough1201]

@@sinfulkivisian20 - Especially where there is money to be made.

[@ladya3302]

These people are people we are around everyday. That’s the scary part.

[@annien.1727]

The ending made my blood boil.😡 No child should ever go through that kind of horror. The looks on their faces says it all. Those poor kids don't deserve to suffer like that.

[@KhanhNguyen-gk9ms]

Same. I felt so much rage inside of me seeing those poor and innocent souls all chained up like animals. It really further fuels my hatred for humanity.

[@LucianDevine]

And the worst part, is that most of them prolly came willingly, hoping for a better life.

[@mikewright3029]

All she cares about is keeping up with her friends. Doesn’t care if she has to use slave labor to do it. And the girl was scared and didn’t want to say anything but as soon as they mentioned her brother she found the courage. 😢

[@LucianDevine]

And good on them for bursting in when they saw the subtle cry for help from the girl. Naturally she had to be right in plain sight for it to be anything close to legal, because you know this lady would have denied that she was there if she wasn't in plain sight.

[@peterthosegriffins666]

Some Law and Order episodes are very difficult to stomach, especially when they take inspiration from recent cases. This case is similar to that of "Adam" a still unidentified child who was found mutilated in the Thames. If you look into the case, it's pretty apparent they have a good idea who was involved but don't have enough evidence

[@jamesdick2580]

wouldnt be surprised if it was some high society Jeffrey Epstein-type who could pay to have evidence destroyed or tampered with.

[@B1izzardHawk]

Sometimes I find criminal minds harder

[@WarGrowlmon18]

It's not even a ritual sacrifice: the monster did that as a cover up so that Wifey wouldn't find out about the little boy when she unexpectedly came home early. Hint: he wasn't using him as a maid.🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@lctamoya]

He was molested?

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

Oh no

[@WarGrowlmon18]

@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627At least they got the monsters and rescued a bunch of kids from that life.

[@DaeFranklin]

@@lctamoyayes

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

I think that's worse than what that old hag did to his sister.

[@Orion3741]

Heartbreaking. And a brutal reminder of child trafficking, and its devastating consequences.

[@Nothing-zw3yd]

And the fact that it's still going on now, but nobody wants to talk about this kind of slavery, just the slavery that ended here almost 200 years ago. It's sickening.

[@jc3m]

@@Nothing-zw3yduh there are a lot of us working in the anti-trafficking space, so I don’t know where you get the idea that no one wants to talk about. And trafficking in the US links very clearly to the effects of chattel slavery; it’s not an either-or. Oppression feeds oppression.

[@SellavinAtoms]

At least they got justice in the end and saved all those kids.

[@hihi615]

Traffickers going into poverty ridden countries and telling parents they're gonna send their children to good schools at least was (if not still is) a huge problem. A couple years ago i remember my mom telling me about how one organization was busted for taking kids, telling then parents they were going to send them to a good school for a few years and then give them back educated with better opportunities, but were actually selling off the children to unsuspecting couples looking to adopt children. They would take kids at like 3-4, so when they grow up they wouldn't really remember their birth parents. The only reason they were busted was because one of the children remembered, and when they learned English, they kept talking about their true mom and family to their adopted parents, who were then alarmed (bc the organization system told them the child's parents were dead or something like that, i can't quite remember) and they reported the situation to investigators.

[@GerudoGirl97]

I remember reading about a case not so long ago, where an American family adopted a little girl called Namata from Uganda, only to later find out from her that what the adoption papers said were all lies, and that her mother had been tricked into signing away her parental rights under the belief that her daughter would be receiving a good education. This led the family to discover that what they thought had been an adoption wasn't at all and that it was a child trafficking scheme. Ugandan children would be taken from their parents (under the promise of a better education) and sold away to unsuspecting American families. The family managed to get Namata back with her mother in Uganda, and they kept in touch with Namata and her mother via Skype.

[@KeloGIO]

She pays her in room and board? Sounds like slavery lol

[@philwill0123]

Yep, 18 hrs a day, 7 days a week. Zero childhood. Zero money. How the rich stay rich

[@odinfromcentr2]

That's because that's exactly what it is.

[@LucianDevine]

And even if it wasn't, and she was getting paid, how about them child labor laws? Nothing about what was going on there was even close to legal.

[@TheKrispyfort]

Supposedly a couple of years ago a man was apparently arrested for assault and the police then found a shipping container on his property with some women chained inside. Rural Australia. This shyte happens everywhere 😢

[@ddthewolf]

There's an actual scene in this episode when they're doing the investigation and talking to someone about human smuggling and he tells them slavery is the third most common export to the U.S. 😕😔

[@tonyajones1463]

When I saw those poor babies chained up and no toilets to use no comfortable beds just treated worse than animals it broke my heart. WHt disgusting people that walk this earth could do something like this. And that rich woman ought to be a shamed of herself those poor babies treated like that breaks my heart.

[@Alexander-wq7qo]

What you saw was how America was built. It is an extremely sad reality.

[@mariacontreras4368]

Es el mismo trato que se le da a todos los migrantes que llegan a Europa:los confinamos en campos de refugiados donde permanecen hacinados, sin ningún tipo de atención sanitaria, sin privacidad, sin una alimentación suficiente, casi sin agua para beber, sin posibilidad de una higiene, con un baño para cada 200 personas, sin salubridad, en condiciones dantescas. Niños sin colegios y sin posibilidades de aprendizaje, con un presente y un futuro perdidos. Hombres, mujeres, niños y niñas, ancianos y ancianas, adolescentes maltratados, odiados. O los meten en centros de internamiento(que en realidad son campos de concentración) donde son agredidos, violados y desposeidos de todos y cada uno de sus derechos humanos. Pero eso no se ve. Están en zonas aisladas, fuera de las rutas turísticas, de las ciudades anfitrionas de eventos multitudinarios. O las enteras familias que, en zonas agrícolas, malviventi en chabolas y sobreviven como recolectores:mal pagados, no reconocidos, violentados y tratados como máquinas. Y siempre con el yugo de la deportación sobre la cabeza. Cada vez que comas una fresa, piensa en el ser humano que la ha recogido. Cada vez que te compres ropa barata, pensa en las manos del niño o niña que la han cosido, 18h/dia,7 días à la semana. Cada vez que veas a una persona refugiada, migrante, pobre piensa en el camino que ha debido recorrer, en su soledad, miedo, incertidumbre, agotamiento, en los dolores como piedras sobre su espalda, en sus heridas y cicatrices(del alma sobre todo) y piensa si vale la pena, si es justo y humano, que una mayoría padezca por el bienestar de una minoria egocéntrica e histrionica.

[@deniseclemmons7842]

This was an actual case I think In the uk or us. But the boy was kidnapped and brought to the uk and of course his body was found like the one in this video. They had to trace the boy body back and he was from Africa and the mom actually thought they was helping her with her son just to find out they tricked her into getting her son only to be used as a sacrificed.

[@craigsurette3438]

As someone who is friends with a lot of Santeria, Vodoun and other African Diaspora religious practitioners, and who has participated in many of these cultures' rituals, I am very glad this show used its voice to stand up against the religious bigotry and ignorance that practitioners of these religions face, every day. No one in any temple i have been in has ever sacrificed a person, and when they do do animal sacrifice, what is done isnt much different than what any rural person does when they want a chicken dinner. The only difference between what is done in ceremony vs the farm is that we share our chicken dinner with the Gods as honored guests first before eating it.

[@kingc1198]

Yeah killing any living creature including animsls is wrong unless if it self defense

[@craigsurette3438]

@@kingc1198 How is what I am describing any different than killing animals for food? The only difference in this sort of animal sacrifice is the ceremonial context in which the animals are killed. Otherwise a chicken killed in a sacrifice is eaten , the same way it would be eaten in rural family's dinner. We just invite the Gods to "have their share" first, like one would for any honored guest.

[@k8tina]

​@@craigsurette3438 Thank you for sharing the details of your sacred ceremony. It was nice to learn something new.

[@jc3m]

@@kingc1198hopefully you are vegan, then.

[@CCI320]

Africans do practive human sacrifice though..... the truth hurts

[@juliemcgugan1244]

This is based on a 2001 case from the UK, about a little boy who detectives named ‘Adam.’ They tested his teeth for isotopes and found the region in an African nation (Benin City, Nigeria,) where he had spent the most of his life before his death. Investigation proved that he was most likely trafficked to the UK and sacrificed in a pagan ritual, before his body was dismembered and his torso dumped in the River Thames. To this day, his murder remains unsolved. A key witness, however has told police that his name is Patrick Erharbor and that she used to look after him when they were both living in Germany, before he was trafficked into the UK. There are, however, doubts about her mental state and if she is really telling the truth. It seems like poor child was not just taken from his family by strangers, but that he was taken through multiple countries, on his way to his ultimate death in the UK. I really hope they find justice for this little boy!

[@neconeconeco]

definitely based off of Adam Doe, in the UK. unfortunately, life is not a drama, and his name is still unknown and it's unlikely anyone will see justice.

[@Cure_Hana]

I thought unidentified male victims usually went by “John Doe.” Did the name “Adam” have any significance to that case?

[@its99pm]

@@Cure_Hana Not sure, wiki just says the police officers dubbed the boy Adam. Might have simply not wanted to refer to the mutilated body of a child as "that" or "the torso" and give him at least some dignity back.

[@darkmask5933]

Spoilers for the episode ... The first crime is sort of a red herring to lead to the real meat of the episode, which is about the slavery ring from Nigeria. For anyone wondering if the Voodoo thing meant anything for the first murder, it didn't. In fact, its was mentioned the murder 'couldn't' be a voodoo sacrifice since it happened near a lake, which I guess is a big no-no when it comes to voodoo sacrifices. The boy was bought as a slave and r*ped repeatedly until his owner was done with him and killed him to make it look like a sacrifice. As for the slavery ring itself, they find the slave traders who show no remorse (not surprisingly) and don't want to play nice. The Nigerian woman the detectives went to for the missing children? She's a consul and she was there when they found the slave ring leader and informs him he will be deported back to Nigeria where he will be executed, which in Nigeria means death by firing squad where she delights in telling him he will be shot in the ankles first, so that the gunman can walk up calmly towards him and take point-blank shots at his vital organs.

[@sonofjack6286]

Nigeria does a way better job with such freaks than America. Letting them live with free room and board, for their sins, is bullshit. I don't care if gen-pop already gets to use them as toys, they can serve way more use than that.

[@lilahclaycomb2174]

Thank you! Was curious.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

The consul is portrayed (beautifully) by Erika Alexander. And it was Fin that actually mentions the firing squad starts with the toes and works their way up. 😁

[@awalker8371]

Which episode do you know the name of it

[@sonofjack6286]

@@awalker8371 It should be in the description of the video.

[@naschellep]

8:15 elliot's face matches how I feel about that woman! And also Fin was amazing!

[@chinyereubah7916]

What sadder is how to this happens in real life child trafficking is real and most times they are given away by their parents or guardians in hope that they will come back and take care of their families

[@TheCreativeAutistic37]

I was horrified the whole video especially seeing all the innocent children chained up at the end 😢

[@TheCreativeAutistic37]

Honestly! It's sickening...this just screams racism and even if it doesn't the fact that these are innocent children being killed and even worse being treated like slaves...my grandmother on my mother side of the family is native American but my grandfather on my father's side of the family was Irish...and my grandfather told me how horrible my ancestors were treated when they first came to america so discrimination of any kind is something i can't tolerate

[@Dylan-Frost]

At least the trader told them where the kids were being held in the end

[@BlackCatFilmProductions]

Those poor children. I can't believe this would happen in real life.

[@busdriver5607]

It happens more than you can comprehend or understand. It makes you think what storage that barely sees traffic or other places does things like that and you just live your life right pass it.

[@Sounds_to_Fuel_Dreams]

It happens everyday.

[@elimDBZ]

​@@Sounds_to_Fuel_Dreams especially In Hollywood ever Saw eyes wide shut? That was Stanley Kubrick's last movie so think about that.

[@TheKrispyfort]

Happens every minute of every year

[@trivonnereid769]

It's our nature.

[@NH-tb2sm]

I was literally bawling during the last scene. This is awful and heartbreaking.

[@Solider7]

This episode gets even more dark as it goes on.

[@peachsangria8704]

I challenge anyone to think humans aren't capable of this. They are. And this happens more than you imagine.

[@curious1053]

[citation needed]

[@brontewcat]

@@curious1053look up any website about modern slavery. There are more people held in slavery or in slave like conditions than at any time in history.

[@kaycampbell364]

it happens everyday

[@jamespoledna2693]

Unfortunately very true.😢

[@aprilgibson817]

If u don’t think humans are capable of this u simply have to look back in history

[@Amareehall101]

One thing people not pointing out is the lawyer. If I would had knew my client had a freaking CHILD being used as a servant from another country I would had immediately said nah you’re on your own.

[@medusaschild]

Criminal defense lawyers are almost always employed for these wealthy families and get paid a monthly retainer regardless of if services were rendered or not.

[@LaurenOrion]

Yea…. That’s not how it works lol

[@MsJonessss]

Lie-awyer. It’s all about the money.

[@mansharker8]

RIP Richard Belzer I grew up watching SVU and many episodes with him in them.

[@zygas25]

Oh yeah I remeber this one. The slave ring while the big centerpiece was the connection point to the missing child which was bought by a man for stranger danger while wifey was away. Wife was coming home early so man kills boy and fakes a voodoo ritual to cover his track. At the end he dies when a water main floods his holding cell

[@nikkicole3331]

As an American, I am deeply angry and sickened that child slavery is happening in the U.S. This happens everyday and worse. Let's pass laws so severe that child smugglers choose a different cargo than children. Sadly, parents in other countries are happy to sell their kids for $$.

[@fitnessfocused]

Most of the time, the kids are just stolen. There are places where children can’t go to school because if they’re out of their parents’ sight, they’ll be taken. These are violent acts, not only parents letting their children go because they wish for a better life for them.

[@truth4you349]

It also happens in the good ole US of A. Smh!!

[@ameliaflynnhayes]

No one should sacrifice a slave child ever. I was really upset when they found those kids all chained up

[@aprilgibson817]

No one should be a slave. No one should enslave children. No one should be ritually sacrificied.

[@TheKrispyfort]

I became visceral at the sight of the enslaved children. It's not often that fiction can evoke such primal anger within me

[@chevinmalia8765]

I'll never understand why Ice T hasn't been nominated for a Golden Globe ir Emmy. I believe Mariska Hargitay was nominated and might have wom a GG but I think Ice-T, abd Munch, were overshadowed by Elliott's character.

[@goodvibesstation7835]

Watching this episode as an African made me cry because I know it really happens💔

[@geoffwilliams4478]

As a white man, I get angry beyond reason that this happens.

[@odinfromcentr2]

One's birthplace or ancestry are irrelevant. Modern-day slavery - let's call it what it is - is no less abhorrent than its historical counterparts.

[@goodvibesstation7835]

@@odinfromcentr2 what are you on about ?

[@goodvibesstation7835]

@@geoffwilliams4478 as you should

[@odinfromcentr2]

@@goodvibesstation7835 That situations like this should horrify and disgust everyone everywhere.

[@starlingswallow]

Seeing all those beauties children in the dark with chains .... my freaking heart! 😭😭😭😭 💔

[@RyoraSesshomaru97]

Love Ice T "W'ELL HAUL YOUR A''' OUTTA HERE!"😂😂😂😂😂

[@yesman121]

"Sorry sir, your religion has a history of human sacrifice" Immediately after calling out the hypocrisy: "Sir this is about a murder, not religious tradition" Like, what? Lmao.

[@reycesarcarino4653]

Stabler is bad cop

[@zazabrown732]

Two things can be true at the same time

[@heathercontois4501]

The Catholic communion is symbolic and Jesus said as such.

[@phaedraD]

So gross- bought her from a warehouse - sounds like an auction. Absolutely disgusting

[@betteashley5706]

Finn and Munch - OUTSTANDING dudes

[@sirkylanthered]

See walking into a priest's place of worship, acting hostile towards him, and defaming his religion is what you do not do detectives. I'm sure he would have offered to help if you weren't accusatory. This is why everyone distrusts the cops

[@mandarina4157]

One of his candles was placed near a body of a boy that seemed to have died in a sacrifice, and apparently his religion used to practice human sacrifice till the 1930s, which is crazy. They have no obligation to respect his religion and he should’ve gotten over it and helped solve the case of a literal murdered child. Also lmao they sacrifice animals HUMANELY 🤡 There is no such thing.

[@eggsoverbreezy6264]

You gotta be a different breed of evil to do this to anyone, but specifically children? Jesus christ.

[@missdaydreamss]

Watch I am slave based on true story.

[@justicestanford5894]

This is why that old lady is gonna get beat in prison

[@Mary-sh2bp]

This woman is a good actress. She really made me hate her. Don’t hate the actress, ok? She really embodied that rich and racist character! 😅

[@jeannehall6546]

This is Fin at his best!

[@user-zl6ps4rp9g]

One of his many bests, but I know what your saying.

[@bethdumont9020]

This actually happened - in the UK. Boy was called Adam.

[@raechelcleberg8854]

Last scene breaks my heart.

[@NH-tb2sm]

I cried

[@iaindavis4417]

Reminds me of the boy in the Thames about twenty years ago

[@FredrickTesla]

The reality us that the amount of this that happens in the US is a fraction of the amount that happens in the middle east and eastern side of Africa. It's so common there, they still have open air slave markets.

[@LadyRockville]

That last part with the kids in chains gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes

[@dewlewdrop3375]

Fin was awesome in this episode.

[@AB-lv6dy]

Oh 👋thats Erika Alexander (the lady sitting down at the desk) from Living Single known as Max/Maxine and also Bill Cosby tv shows. I haven't watched this show in years and I can't recall that she was actually on this show. Oh, 😱 my.

[@lorad.722]

I think this episode is inspired by a case that happened in England, in 2001. Investigator called the child Adam, a ''Jon Doe" like name.

[@sarahhejab6596]

5x14 L&O SVU Fin and Elliot are the two has badass moments in this whole episode

[@oliverboisen7475]

"In case you hadn't heard, Lincoln freed the slaver." Such a good line man!

[@darrellepickering8433]

I know someone who was in the Ivory Coast when there was an uprising in a neighboring country. They saw human heads on poles paraded in those cities still dripping blood.

[@KomoliRihyoh]

Elliot wanting to trample on religious freedoms really irked me the worst kind of way. "If you have noting to hide you have nothing to fear" doesn't ring as reassuring to those people's civil liberties. Imagine if someone asked him for a list of every single Catholic in Manhattan. That's a horrifying request!

[@cjrican5]

Stabler was very out of pocket for this, and many other instances. He was never my favorite. Shout out to Fin and Munch!

[@marshaloiscamillephilpotts6406]

I totally agree Detective Elliot Stabler was overstepping and trampling on religious freedom which is so wrong and it was one of his worst moments on the series.

[@Dolphinboi]

@@marshaloiscamillephilpotts6406 Religious freedom shouldn’t make it ok to kill animals though. That’s just legal animal cruelty.

[@meganbright2602]

Elliot was actually thinking about these kids who are working ridiculous hours for little income and not knowing when they will EVER see their families again!!!!!!! If you can't see that, then there's something wrong with you and your beliefs. Because children shouldn't be working 14hrs a day everyday.

[@Dolphinboi]

Do u think it shouldn’t be a religious freedom to kill animals? Cause I looked it up and it’s legal

[@missaniebananie6473]

« More than she would ever make back home » Nigeria is a developing nation, the richest man in Africa lives and runs his business from there, most people live in cities, they make more than $0 and their schooling is often better than a ton of states in the US.

[@DA-yy8rs]

Yeah pretty ignorant message tbh Like you said, Nigeria’s education system far surpasses America’s and many of its systemic issues can be traced back to British colonialism, which persisted until 1960

[@Dolphinboi]

@@DA-yy8rsIf Nigerians are so educated why are most of them opposed to homosexuality being accepted? At least millions of black Americans are pro homosexuality being accepted and pro gay rights can’t say the same about Nigeria or really any country in Africa

[@brontewcat]

@@DolphinboiMany people say the same thing about the USbeing opposed to universal healthcare being provided by the government.

[@Dolphinboi]

@@brontewcat only some republicans are against universal healthcare: it’s usually the conservative white Christian’s. And they are a dying population. Vast majority of Nigerians are homophobic (anti gay acceptance)

[@missaniebananie6473]

@@Dolphinboi whole states have completely banned abortions which are woman’s rights, have no protection for homosexual discrimination in the work place, and are taking away the rights of trans people more and more every single day. Have you actually looked at the developed world? The US is a nation founded and continuously on ignoring fundamental human rights. Also have you even spoken to Nigerian people? So many of them are PUSHING for more rights for LGBTQ people. Humble yourself, you xenophobe

[@eddieslegel5994]

6:24 ice T is a badass

[@melaninawakening9350]

And to think, this happens still today...i dont wanna hear people say slavery is over

[@Blackmambama]

I still can’t even believe it’s people out here like this, like you truly have to have no heart within you to hurt a child in any type of way.

[@loveislove-le5nj]

Of all the episodes I've watched of SVU. This scene made me want to cry!

[@Pixixi]

i was crying my eyes out. this show is so good i forgot these were actors. i love how they brought awareness to this situation, what a disgusting thing going on in this world. i pray a better world for everyone. 😭

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

6:05. 7:14-7:29. Odafin Tutuola is, was, and always will be a New Jack cop.

[@KBdoubleE]

H-U-S-T-L-E-R

[@mbleroy99]

Participating in child slavery and human trafficking is not a "misunderstanding", Mr. Lawyer.

[@squibby3219]

Peter Hermann and MariskaHargitay meet on the show- I think his appearance was in Season3

[@Bless_Mabunda]

Detective Fin Tutuola at one of his very best

[@Reese1882yw]

Accused someone of child sacrifice and got shocked they react with anger 😂

[@toruphilemon4944]

This is why we get missing children daily in my country Nigeria. I am deeply sad, so so sad.

[@dude12394]

Everyone is for overstepping religon freedom rights until its a religon they support

[@elderliddle2733]

Not me. I’m a church going man. I would prefer that my faith cooperate fully with law enforcement, and I would prefer law enforcement to respect the rights of all people. The major stigma is that if a religious object is found near or around a crime scene or a religious person commits a crime that the church approves of that crime. That’s an ecological fallacy, assuming that one means all. In that scene, they had no right to assume that the religion approves of the crime. A lot of religions use candles. So are all of them guilty because a crazy person used a candle?

[@Kodanikage]

⁠@@elderliddle2733the main assumption was that the candles sold by that temple was used by its members in the murder. What the cops did in that first confrontation was wrong, but not without complete reason. What I’m tired of, is people using genuine problems, as an excuse to do just as bad, if not worse.

[@Dolphinboi]

@@elderliddle2733Don’t religious people (specifically Catholics) use their religion to justify bad things? Like homophobia for example

[@marshaloiscamillephilpotts6406]

I totally agree overstepping and trampling on religious freedom is so wrong.

[@Kodanikage]

@@Dolphinboi That's a society problem in general. Religion another aspect of society which can and has been used to justify shitty ways people treat each other.

[@red4mario]

That is one haymaker of a title I HAD to know

[@WarGrowlmon18]

It gets worse, but they catch the monster trafficking the kids and the monster who killed the boy in the episode. Not the same monster unfortunately. But they manage to force the guy to reveal when and where he's getting another "shipment" and the episode ends with them rescuing those kids too.

[@shurainokary]

unfortably this case is a real case. not just fiction

[@katarinadreams6955]

I'd like to know more. I'm always curious about seeing the true story behind fiction

[@heyheyyouyouidontlike]

​@@katarinadreams6955not this specific case but slave labour is still a big thing in countries around the world. Fast fashion and manual labor jobs use child and adult slaves to make labor cheaper. And just like this people still buy other people here in America. it's sick and horrific.

[@SjofnBM1989]

Most of the cases on Law and Order are based or inspired by real life events.

[@jeanetteschock4744]

This was such a good episode

[@nokiahall7271]

What season and what namber

[@gokuandmario4ever]

@@nokiahall7271 Says in the description.

[@irawilliams343]

Some people are really, really SICK 🤢🤮

[@odinfromcentr2]

Most people are only _not_ doing what these characters do because they're more motivated by the consequences of getting caught than by their own depravity. Remove those consequences and I would wager big bucks that more people than not would be in on such a system.

[@l0rdapophis]

Sad part is, this isn't fiction. This isn't Chucky, Freddy, Michael, or Jason, this happens in real life every single day...

[@lilliemoore93]

Maxine Shaw, attorney of law

[@notsureiL]

People working as detectives and cops really do a important job. Without the blue patrol disgusting criminals will never be caught.

[@Underratedsongsofourtime]

That's so messed up Broo

[@nicolehegarty4749]

Those poor kids at the end omfg! In chains left alone in the dark! I wonder what they did for food water bathroom breaks or just nothing. Omfg. Also. How scared they must have been? Especially if they did not speak English. That literally made me cry. Wtf is wrong with some people?!

[@src3360]

People these days are so worried about what bathrooms people use or rainbows and book bans that they completely miss the real issues.....🙄

[@starlingswallow]

"What religion sacrifices kids?" "None that I know of..." It's Satanists, Olivia. Satanists....

[@amirphillips264]

In this I don’t think they would use candles like that in a rutual

[@TheTishy44]

Some of these older law and orders don’t age well…still love the show, I’m just pointing how old cops shows rarely age well.

[@msbigredmachine]

I’m Nigerian. I just cringed.

[@esosaedogun4643]

Cringed more when they said Benin City… from there😅

[@avocadoaficiando]

Woman looks like a mix between Kelly Anne Conway and Betsy DeVos

[@SK3.1]

The fact that this is still going on in todays is still heartbreaking.

[@Emma-k4z]

You know what i’ve found interesting from every single law and order episode? The first person they question/ meet is usually the Murderer or one found guilty of the crime.

[@freedomcat]

This episode could not be made today. for reasons why look at the reception to "Sound of Freedom"

[@CharlieFreeman-xw6fl]

This was a powerful episode from season 5!

[@thomasplouffe1363]

this is sick, little kids, just little kids

[@sugaray7435]

That Nigerian accent was sooo bad!

[@TheMwendaa]

Terrible

[@SirrahMirrah]

Right?

[@Nevermore-Nevermore]

I think this case might be based on “Adam” the name given to an unidentified boy found in England who was found in a similar circumstances. Both this episode and his case make me so sad.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

I remember that. Did they ever find the killer?

[@Nevermore-Nevermore]

@@Lily_of_the_Forest No they had a few suspects and persons of interest but they all fled back to Nigeria.

[@aobanya4968]

The accent is hilariously inaccurate. Nothing Nigerian about the accents or traditional garb

[@genepatterson4375]

The people involved will get a prison sentence. Myself I think this should be a capital offense, and not one with a 20 year waiting period. I’d be more inclined to go with 20 minutes.

[@Waryfaerie]

In this episode I believe the slavers responsible are sent to be sentenced back in Nigeria, capital punishment style

[@mr.d.572]

This doesn't make sense though, how can a roomful of kids survive for 6 months with no food or water or electricity?

[@destinyhope133]

I’ve always been a fan of this show but the way they treat the voodoo shop owner and the woman trying to help these children is unsettling

[@luxitos2867]

🎵We make an offering, to end our suffering🎵 Chilling AF

[@SympNurseLife]

It's the fact that alot of this is based on true events that are happening out in the world 😩