TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A task force comprised of local, state and federal law enforcement groups located and recovered 122 missing and endangered Florida children, the US Marshals announced Monday.
The two-week operation, titled Home for the Holidays, spanned across central Florida and involved children belonging to the following metro areas:
- Tampa Bay – 57
- Orlando – 14
- Jacksonville – 22
- Fort Myers – 29
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says an effort to rescue abused and exploited children in the Tampa Bay Area and across the state has just wrapped up with great success.
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“These kids, ranging in age from 17 down to just 2 years old, many have been through the unthinkable,” Uthmeier said. “They’ve been trafficked. They’ve been exploited. They’ve been abused.”…