US Marshals Locate 225 Missing Children, Including Sex Trafficking Victims, Across the Nation in ‘Operation We Will Find You’
The U.S. Marshals Service located 225 missing children across the nation and beyond during a 10-week operation.
The mission dubbed “Operation We Will Find You,” resulted in the U.S. Marshals recovering 169 children and safely located another 59. There were 28 cases referred to “law enforcement agencies for further investigation of crimes such as drugs and weapons, sex trafficking, and sex offender violations.”
The youngest child recovered was only 6 months old.
Three missing children were said to be victims of child sex trafficking, child exploitation, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and medical or mental health conditions.
The endangered child operation concentrated on areas with high numbers of “critically” missing children. The operation focused on the following locations: eastern Virginia; Washington D.C.; Maryland; Massachusetts; South Carolina; New Orleans; San Antonio; Detroit; Yakima, Washington; Orlando, Florida; Los Angeles; northern Ohio; Guam; Puerto Rico; and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Read more from “US Marshals Locate 225 Missing Children, Including Sex Trafficking Victims, Across the Nation in ‘Operation We Will Find You'” HERE)
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