Surrey, BC, March 9, 2020 – Perminder Chohan, has recently joined Emmy® Award Winning Director, Nick Nanton, in the filming of It’s Happening Right Here. A new documentary that sheds light and awareness on the more than 300,000 American minors being lured into the sex trade every year.

Perminder Chohan joined the Emmy® Award Winning DNA Films crew for a day of principle filming in San Diego in late January.

Perminder Chohan was on set for Nanton’s interview with Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad. Ballard and his organization will be highlighted in the film for their work in fighting trafficking, specifically in cases that involve women and children being brought into the U.S. from other countries.

He then joined the film crew for a behind-the-scenes tour of San Diego’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The Task Force Commander spoke with producers about cases involving minors who are trafficked online and through social media. Perminder Chohan got to ask questions as the Task Force Commander gave a look into how police are working to fight trafficking and child exploitation in the U.S.

An investigator with San Diego ICAC gave Perminder Chohan and his fellow producers a demonstration with one of the K-9s the task force uses for electronic detection of devices that store child pornography.

The interviews with Ballard and San Diego ICAC investigators will serve as two elements in this film which aims to give an overall view of the many ways trafficking is happening right here in the U.S.

Coming Fall 2020, It’s Happening Right Here follows the men and women who have joined together to make it their mission to rescue the millions of women, men, and children trapped in sex trafficking and make a difference in the lives of victims of this trade that is happening right here in our own backyards, in America.

About Perminder Chohan

Perminder started with Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network (DFSIN) in 2009 and now is one of the leading figures in the insurance industry. As Managing Director with DFSIN BC, he is responsible for marketing a wide selection of products and to look for
new people to train in order to reach more customers, who can benefit from sound financial
advice and support. Under Perminder’s leadership, DFSIN BC has become the number one office in the Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network.

Perminder manages eight offices and has personally mentored over 600 advisors. He has
trained many educated immigrants to become advisors, just one more way to give back to the
community, which supported him. Perminder doesn’t just limit himself to business but is also
very involved in the community and charitable organizations. He supports 35 charities locally
and internationally. Some of those charitable organizations are Canadian Cancer Society, Heart
and Stroke Foundation and BC Children’s hospital.

Perminder’s work has been greatly appreciated by organizations such as SOAR Philanthropy,
the Sikh Motorcycle Club, Surrey Food Bank and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He set up the PerminderChohanFoundation in 2018, which supports causes in education, health and poverty alleviation. Perminder’s contributions have been recognized with many prestigious awards like Spirit of Generosity award by Drishti magazine and the Excellence in Business Leadership Award by Times of Canada magazine. He is also the recipient of the Agency Builder Award by GAMA International Agency and the NRI Person of Year for Global Leader and Philanthropy and Success in Business at Parvasi Diwas, Bharat Samman Awards 2018 held by the NRI Institute at the House of Lords, United Kingdom. Perminder has served as Rotary President and Director for the Surrey Board of Trade. He received an honorable mention by The Surrey Now- Leader for the Leader of the Year Award 2018.

Perminder has often been a guest on various media channels as well. In 2018, Perminder was
chosen as a keynote speaker at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to address an
exclusive leadership gathering on what he was doing to push the finance industry forward and
how to make a difference in the lives of others by giving back. In the same year, he was also
invited to speak on the Time Square Today Show in New York and at the FOX Network.

Drishti Media Group facilitated Perminder with the honor of the Business Person of the Year in 2019.

Perminder is an award-winning Best-Selling Author® of two books – Uncommon, co-authored
with Brian Tracy and Performance 360, co-authored with Sir Richard Branson. He also co-
authored a children’s book, Leo Learns about Life. His fourth book, My 10 Secrets to Success,
is now out and available.

Perminder is also an Executive Producer for 2 upcoming Hollywood documentaries.

Website:

www.perminderchohan.com

Social media handles:

https://www.facebook.com/perminderchohanofficial

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/perminder-chohan-b9712028

https://www.instagram.com/perminderchohan/

About the foundation:

https://perminderchohanfoundation.com/

About DNA Films®

DNA Films® is led by 15-time Emmy® Award Winning Director and Producer, Nick Nanton and 7-time Emmy® Award Winning Producer, JW Dicks. Dicks and Nanton have produced multiple award-winning films including Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On, Operation Toussaint, A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story, Triple Take, and Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story. Combined, they have produced and directed more than 500 television episodes and dozens of films.

Dicks and Nanton’s goal is to bring inspiring true-life stories to the screen as a means of encouraging and inspiring positive change.

Learn More: www.DNAFIlms.com
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Contact:

Megan McPhillips
Dicks and Nanton Celebrity Branding Agency®
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