“FBI Denver’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force will continue to do everything it can to ensure children recovered from this kind of exploitation receive the services they need to move forward with their lives.” The traffickers promise their young victims they will receive care and support when that couldn’t be further from the truth,” said FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider. Child sex traffickers often prey upon our community’s most vulnerable minors-runaways, foster kids, and victims of abuse. “No person, let alone a child, should ever be exploited as an item for sale. The Denver Field Office located more victims than any other field office in the country, and we were tied for first in the number of subjects identified or arrested. Six traffickers were identified and two were arrested on unrelated felony warrants. In addition, 27 missing or endangered children were located, and they were offered services. Marshals Service, and victim advocacy groups.ĭuring this operation, the FBI Denver Field Office and our partners recovered and provided services to 11 child victims of sexual exploitation. They were joined by state and local agencies, the U.S. In Denver, the permanent task force includes detailees from the Denver Police Department, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Patrol, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, and the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The operation also investigates and arrests individuals and criminal enterprises involved in the sex trafficking of both children and adults. 4-6 in Operation Cross Country, a national, intelligence-driven FBI initiative focused on identifying and locating child victims of sex trafficking. The FBI Denver’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force joined with some 40 agencies across the Front Range Aug.
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