Nationwide Operation Leads FBI to 200 Sex Trafficking Victims, 59 Missing Children

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More than 200 sex trafficking victims were discovered during a 14-day nationwide child exploitation and human trafficking operation conducted by FBI agents in July.

Known as Operation Cross Country, the enforcement campaign also led to the identification or arrest of 126 suspects of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking offenses, and 68 suspects of trafficking were identified or arrested, the agency said.

The operationโ€”which involved nearly every FBI field office, other federal agencies, state and local police, and social services agencies across the countryโ€”also located 59 minor victims of child sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, and another 59 children who had been reported missing.

“Human trafficking is a grave violation of human rights that preys on the most vulnerable members of our society,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement announcing the arrests and recoveries. “The FBIโ€™s actions against this threat never waver as we continue to send our message that these atrocities will not be tolerated.”

Meanwhile, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the latest operation, which is now in its 13th year, builds on the “tremendous work the FBI has undertaken over many years to rescue minor victims and arrest those responsible for these unspeakable crimes.”

‘Most Vulnerable Members of Our Society’

“Sex traffickers exploit and endanger some of the most vulnerable members of our society and cause their victims unimaginable harm,” he said. “We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners across the country to prevent human trafficking; increase detection, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking crimes; and expand support and services to protect and empower survivors.”

Theย FBI-led initiative was also done in partnership with theย child protection organization, theย National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and focused on “identifying and locating victims of sex trafficking and investigating and arresting individuals and criminal enterprises involved in both child sex and human trafficking.”

In 2022 alone,ย NCMEC received more thanย 19,000 reportsย of possible child sex trafficking, according to its website, while roughly one in sixย of the more than 25,000 cases of children reported missing to NCMEC in 2022 who had run away were likely victims of child sex trafficking.

Byย Katabella Roberts

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