U.S. Marshal Fugitive Hunters and other agencies have been scouring the state of Georgia looking for missing and exploited children.
And they found over two-dozen of them.
In all, 26 endangered children were recovered and another 13 missing children were found.
U.S. Marshals Service Director Donald Washington said that authorities fear the children were all already or potential victims of sex trafficking.
“These missing children were considered to be some of the most at-risk and challenging recovery cases in the area, based on indications of high-risk factors such as victimization of child sex trafficking, child exploitation, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and medical or mental health conditions,” authorities said. “Other children were located at the request of law enforcement to ensure their wellbeing.”
The operation spanned over 20 Georgia counties and nine suspects were arrested.
You can watch the video below:
NEW: More than two dozen missing children have been rescued in an operation carried out by U.S. Marshals and Georgia investigators — the agencies called it “operation not forgotten.”
Investigators arrested nine people on charges that include sex trafficking and kidnapping. pic.twitter.com/mDcwHeyH1l
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 27, 2020
In addition, U.S. Marshalls in Ohio have rescued 25 children.
The U.S. Marshal Service has found 25 missing children in northeast Ohio, including one in Mansfield, during a monthlong investigation, according to Ann Murphy, public affairs officer for the U.S. Marshal Service, Northern District of Ohio.
Of these cases, about one-quarter are confirmed to be related to human trafficking or prostitution, Murphy said in a news release Thursday.
The U.S. Marshal Service has been working with its state and local partners over the past 20 days to find and recover missing juveniles from the Cuyahoga County area.
So far, 25 missing and endangered children have been recovered, and they have been between the ages of 13 and 18, according to a news release.
Children also have been recovered in Cleveland, East Cleveland, Akron, Euclid, Willoughby and as far away as Miami, according to a news release.
Members of the task force and its local partners will continue to work over the next several weeks to bring more children to safety and return them to safe places.
U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott, Police Chief Calvin Williams, Sheriff David Schilling, East Cleveland Police Chief Scott Gardner, and Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy announced the recovery of dozens of children during the beginning of Operation Safety Net, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
This is just more vindication for those people who have said that there is a lot going on behind the scenes to save sexually abused and exploited children.
Why does the media refuse to celebrate these stories, and why do they provide so much cover for people like Epstein and Hollywood, who are known to abuse underage people?
I think we know the answer…
This piece was written by Missy Crane on August 29, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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