The operation was in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Operation Cross Country led to the arrest of at least 126 suspects related to child exploitation, as well as 68 human traffickers. The 59 children were victims of sex exploitation and trafficking. The youngest was 11 years old.

Just weeks after members of the mainstream media dismissed “The Sound of Freedom” movie as “a QAnon-adjacent conspiracy theory” and a “delusion fomenting moral panic” over “this grossly exaggerated ‘epidemic’ of child sex trafficking,” the FBI announced that it has rescued 200 victims of the heinous crime, including 59 children, during a two-week operation in numerous states.

The FBI publicized the results of Operation Cross Country, a two-week anti-trafficking operation, last week. The operation was in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Operation Cross Country led to the arrest of at least 126 suspects related to child exploitation, as well as 68 human traffickers.

The 59 children were victims of sex exploitation and trafficking. The youngest was 11 years old.

Victims and suspects were from across the country, with 17 individual operations having been conducted.

In the San Francisco Bay region, 17 adults and 3 Bay-area children were rescued. Officers arrested nine suspects and found three illegally owned guns.

FBI San Francisco agent Bob Tripp stated, “Rescuing children has always been a top priority for the operation. They’re our kids. They’re living in our communities. They’re living in our streets, and they are not for sale.”

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said that services have and will continue to be given to the victims.

Children from Atlanta, Kansas City, and other areas were also rescued. One Atlanta teenager was found in Virginia. Dunwoody Police Sergeant Michael Cheek said they received a call on July 28 from a woman saying her granddaughter was missing. The police learned the teen had been chatting on social media with a 38-year-old man in Virginia who drove over 1000 miles roundtrip to meet the girl and drive her back to Newport News, Virginia, where she was found and he was arrested.

“I don’t think people are quite aware of what people who are in this illegal operation will do to keep it going,” Cheek cautioned. “Be involved with what your kids [are doing], especially their social media sites. It doesn’t matter the kid, the income level, the status, it doesn’t matter.”

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