33 missing children recovered in joint Los Angeles-based operation
Several of the victims had been sexually exploited in the past and were considered vulnerable missing children prior to their recovery.
City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) Almost three dozen missing children, including eight who were being sexually exploited at the time of recovery, have been found in Southern California during a recent operation, the FBI announced Friday.
During January, which was Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the FBI worked with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department and more than two dozen law enforcement and non-governmental partners to identify, locate and recover 33 missing children, said Kristi K. Johnson, assistant director in charge of the FBI s Los Angeles field office.