US Marshals rescue nearly 40 children in Georgia as part of 2-week operation
Nearly 40 children who had been missing were found in Georgia as part of a two-week mission dubbed “Operation Not Forgotten,” the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday. Many of these children were at risk for chid sex trafficking, abuse and exploitation, the law enforcement agency said.
Twenty-six children were rescued and 13 others were safety located in the mission, which also involved the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Georgia Attorney General and other state and local agencies. The children ranged in age from 3 to 17.
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More than 421,000 missing child reports were sent to the FBI in 2019,
according to the NCMEC. Washington said 91% of those are considered endangered runaways, of which one in six, or about 60,000, are likely to become a victim of sex trafficking.
