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In a nationwide crackdown on child sex-trafficking last week, the FBI rescued nearly 170 victims, many of whom were never reported missing.

The crackdown also led to the arrest of 281 pimps on state and federal charges.

“These are not faraway kids in faraway lands,” FBI Director James Comey said in announcing the annual enforcement push known as Operation Cross Country. Instead, he added, “These are America’s children.”

This operation is just one of eight in the FBI’s crackdown on trafficking in 106 cities across the U.S. Approximately 3,600 children who have been sexually exploited were recovered as a result of the FBI’s ‘Innocence Lost Program,’ which was implemented in 2003.

“There is no more meaningful work that the FBI participates in than rescuing children,” Comey said.

Comey also stated that a growing concern of the FBI is the increasing trend of children being prostituted online — a different beast the department is facing in the dark world of sex trafficking.

SOURCE: CBS News  | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty

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