The Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General, the Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the results of a multiagency child recovery operation conducted over the past weekend, known as “Operation Shine the Light.”
The state agencies and FBI worked jointly with the Honolulu Police Department, Department of Law Enforcement, US Secret Service, US Marshals Service, US Army Criminal Investigation Division, Hale Kipa, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and other community partners to locate, recover and provide emergency services to endangered “runaways” across Oʻahu.
The operation was conducted during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (January) and resulted in the safe location and recovery of eight children between the ages of 13 and 17. Two children recovered in the operation had been reported as runaways over one year ago. Investigations are ongoing…