“WHAT IS”
Child Sexual Exploitation
Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking is an enormous issue globally and right here in Middle Tennessee that most people are not aware of.
Our Mission
Shining a light of hope into the dark underworld of human trafficking and child exploitation
Advanced Technology
With access to some of the fastest computers in the world we work with local authorities to locate and bring children home to where they belong.

- Fight Child Exploitation
- Rescue Americans from Afghanistan
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Human Traffic Investigations
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Training Police Officers
About US
Matt Murphy, Founder and CEO of Operation Light Shine (OLS) was on the front lines of the global war on terror as an elite special operations soldier. Matt had virtually unlimited resources, personnel and support to wage the fight against terrorism around the world.
In 2019, Matt’s sister, Sarah, was kidnapped and murdered. Sarah had spent years struggling with addiction and dealing with the struggles that so often accomplice a dependence of that kind. She was trafficked and participated in prostitution to feed her addiction – a slave to the drugs and the dealers.
While reeling with the news of her murder and looking for answers, Matt learned very quickly how under-resourced, under-staffed, and under-funded the police were, bound by constraints and thus were unable to effectively investigate her disappearance and death. Instead of getting mad at the system and giving up, Matt decided to take action by creating Operation Light Shine in August of 2020.
Operation Light Shine’s mission is to fight Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation domestically and abroad. Matt’s unique experience as a special operator inspired him to work towards unilateral collaboration with law enforcement and specialists in a joint effort much like the military and government agencies conducted the global war on terror. By bringing a Task Force concept stateside, we can all work together to combat Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation.
Operation Light Shine has empowered two mechanisms to lay the foundation needed to accomplish our organization’s mission: OLS created the INTERCEPT (Interagency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking) Task Force, this is our domestic effort combatting human trafficking and child exploitation. OLS forged a partnership with Lantern Rescue (now funded by OLS) Lantern Rescue uses the US Army Special Forces strategy “by, with and through” creating international task forces in partner countries focused on combatting the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation crisis abroad.