200 missing children found as part of Operation We Will Find You 2 nationwide campaign by federal, other law enforcement agencies [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The U.S. Marshals Service announced they recovered 200 missing children as part of a nationwide investigation called Operation We Will Find You 2.

Over six weeks in May and June, federal and local authorities teamed up in seven districts, including North Carolina’s Eastern District. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, their efforts in North Carolina focused on 12 counties (New Hanover, Brunswick, Harnett, Onslow, Pitt, Wake, Johnston, Robeson, Cumberland, Sampson, Nash, and Pender).

“Before the operation started, we had approximately 50 open cases as it relates to missing and endangered children,” said Glenn M. McNeill, Jr., U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina, in a pre-produced video included in the press release.

Of the 200 children found nationally, 123 were involved in dangerous situations, 173 were endangered runaways, and 57% were recovered within seven days of the U.S. Marshal’s involvement.

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