US Marshals Recover 39 Missing Children, Deal Sex Trafficking Charges to Those Arrested

US Marshals Recover 39 Missing Children, Deal Sex Trafficking Charges to Those Arrested
Photo shows a law enforcement officer from the U.S. Marshals, who is involved in a missing children mission called "Operation Not Forgotten" in August 2020. Shane T. McCoy/US Marshals
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The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday announced they have found 39 missing children in Georgia and dealt sex trafficking charges and more for the arrested individuals as part of an endangered missing children mission called “Operation Not Forgotten.”

Law enforcement officials rescued 26 children, safely located 13 other missing children in person, and arrested nine people as part of a two-week operation in August in the cities of Atlanta and Macon in Georgia.