There is a lot of merited criticism about the FBI, but there are also occasionally good stories from the field offices especially.
141 adult victims of human trafficking, 84 minor victims of child sex trafficking and 37 missing children were located, during the initiative conducted during the first two weeks of August. Officials said the average age of the children was 15-year-old, and the youngest victim was age 11.
Now the FBI here was the coordinating leadership branch of a state, local, and Federal effort; I imagine, though I do not know, that the local police did a lot of the actual legwork in locating these victims. Hopefully in the absence of the FBI, local police still could and still would do such things.
Still, the FBI deserves a kind word for its role here. Human trafficking was and is evil, and it is a very positive thing to see victims rescued.
The Federal Marshals have been involved in many such stings and rescue operations, often partnering with the FBI, over the last several years.
ReplyDeleteEric Hines