FBI St. Louis
St. Louis Press Office
(314) 589-2500
June 23, 2014
168 Juveniles Recovered in Nationwide Operation Targeting Commercial Child Sex Trafficking
The largest and most successful Operation Cross Country to date recovered a total of 168 juvenile victims from commercial sex trafficking.
The following summarizes local results:
- FBI St. Louis (which covers eastern Missouri): one child victims recovered; one pimp arrested
- FBI Springfield (which covers southern and central Illinois): two child victims recovered; one pimp arrested
The FBI Child Exploitation Task Force consists of the following 13 agencies:
- FBI St. Louis
- Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
- Hazelwood Police Department
- Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
- Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children
- O’Fallon (Missouri) Police Department
- St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department
- St. Charles Police Department
- St. Louis County Police Department
- St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
- St. Peters Police Department
- Webster Groves Police Department
- Wentzville Police Department
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