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Houston Police officers count money they found on a suspected pimp who was apprehended
during Operation Independence Day, a monthlong nationwide operation to find human traffickers
and rescue underage trafficking victims. (Courtesy of the FBI)
The task forces in the recent
operation included federal,
state, local, and tribal part-
ners, with efforts in every
state and some U.S. territo-
ries.
A single operation in early
July led by the FBI’s office in
Guam (part of the Honolulu
Field Office) included nearly 20
investigators from the FBI,
the Guam Police Department,
the U.S. Postal Inspection Ser-
vice, the Coast Guard Investi-
gative Service, and Homeland
Security Investigations.
(HSI Human Rights Violators
and War Crimes Unit (HRVW-
CU), along with the FBI Violent
Crimes against Children (VCAC)
program, were among a coveted
group of government agencies
recognized for 'Government Ex-
cellence' in the 2018 'ASTORS'
Homeland Security Awards
Program.)
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