FBI on sex trafficking sting: "Our primary goal is to recover children" | Forensic Files

at times it hurt me a lot when we talk about operation across country or these types of operations that we run the
primary goal is really the recovery of children right and so we definitely want to arrest those who have exploited
children but our primary goal is really to recover children and then not only from the recovery standpoint but
providing them victim services to get them back home or back integrated into society all right email is out white
shirt gray sweatpants it looks like up to the passenger door and him so part of the victim specialist
approach is being on scene with the agents and task force officer is making sure that we have that one-on-one
contact with these victims and so part of my role and responsibility is making sure that I first and foremost provide
really good crisis intervention that were providing needs assessments that kind of do in psychosocial assessments
trying to figure out what their background is are they runaways have they been in the system in foster care
do they have any kind of juvenile delinquency history what does their parent life look like do they have any
support have they been in school what does that piece look like and how can we provide some good support for them to
keep them out of the life and so that way they don't go back to that got me down

Every year, federal agents across the country run a massive sting operation called Operation Cross Country to get dangerous traffickers off the streets and save sexually abused minors.

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Brief Summary

Child recovery operations focus on victim support and integration into society.

Key points

The Primary Goal. The main focus is on recovering children from exploitation.
Crisis Intervention Role. Providing immediate support and needs assessments for victims is crucial.

Episode highlights

Crisis Intervention RoleProviding immediate support and needs assessments for victims is crucial.“Making sure that I first and foremost provide really good crisis intervention”1:00Apr 1, 2018

Episode quotes

At times it hurt me a lot when we talk.

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