U.S. Marshals recovered record-high 387 missing children last year – IOTW Report

U.S. Marshals recovered record-high 387 missing children last year

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As more kids are spending time on the internet at home during the COVID-19 shutdowns, online sex trafficking has doubled.

“With that, there’s been an uptick in reports of children sold for sex by their own parents and relatives,” host Sharyl Attkisson reported Sunday on “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.”

Chief Inspector Floriano Whitwell, who heads up sex offender investigations for the U.S. Marshals Service, defined child trafficking. 

“Generally speaking within our law enforcement community, it’s trading or selling a child to perform sexual acts for monetary gain or services,” he said.

The number of reported missing children was 421,394 in 2019 and 365,348 in 2020, with most considered “endangered runaways.” read more

3 Comments on U.S. Marshals recovered record-high 387 missing children last year

  1. Last year… Oh so you’re saying under President Donald Trump…

    Never before in the history of the USA has there been a President who worked so hard for the defenseless. Never.

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