Authorities rescue 200 missing children across country

Lina Portman2 days ago

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) said the Marshals Service, working with federal, state and local agencies in seven federal judicial districts and geographic areas across the country, conducted a six-week nationwide operation that resulted in the discovery of 200 missing children. including runaways at risk and persons abducted without custody.

“Operation We’ll Meet You 2, The second such national operation to assist missing children was conducted from May 20 to June 24 and focused on geographic areas with high concentrations of seriously missing children. “Children who go missing may be in grave danger and may be vulnerable to sex trafficking, abuse, exploitation and other crimes against children,” the Justice Department said in a statement posted on its official website.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland thanked authorities for their work and said there were no words to describe the terror felt by the missing children. their families and communities” . “

In this regard, the Ministry of Justice clarified that of the 200 children found, 173 were runaways in danger, 25 children were reported missing, one was abducted by the family and another by a non-family member. The youngest child found was five months old. Similarly, it was learned that at least 14 of them were found outside the city where they had disappeared.

The department recalled that “the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 strengthened the authority of the USMS to assist law enforcement in locating missing children at risk, whether they are fugitives or not. “A sex offender was involved.”

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