OPERATION NOT FORGOTTEN:
The U.S. Marshals on Thursday announced that 39 minors have been recovered as part of “Operation Not Forgotten,” the agency’s program focused on missing children.
The two-week mission, carried out in Georgia cities Atlanta and Macon areas, resulted in 26 children being rescued and 13 more safely located, said the U.S. Marshals in a statement. The operation led to the arrest of nine individuals, who face charges for sex trafficking, parental kidnapping, and registered sex offender violence. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents assisted in the operation
300 YOUNG GIRLS PER MONTH
15 sex trafficking victims among 39 missing children recovered in Georgia
A two-week operation in metro Atlanta and Macon resulted in the recovery of 39 missing children.
NEWS
| Aug 27, 2020
By Shaddi Abusaid, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For law enforcement officials who spend countless hours investigating child sex trafficking cases, the work can feel like an uphill battle against evil.
Those who traffic minors for sex tend to fly under the radar. And when a child is rescued from an abusive situation, they’re often reluctant to accept help or speak out against those who harmed them.
In metro Atlanta alone, authorities estimate 300 young girls are lured into sex trafficking each month.
“These are not children that are in some faraway land,” said Donald Washington, director of the U.S. Marshals Service. “They are America’s children and they are kids that we need to go and find.”