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(NewsNation) — The FBI and the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday the arrest of 205 alleged child sex predators in “Operation Restore Justice.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced the success in cracking down on child sexual abuse.
Bondi warned parents to be watchful of the sites their children use online, where predators may pose as other children to lure in victims.
“(It goes) from instant message to instant nightmare,” she said.
The operation is described as a coordinated effort across 55 FBI field offices to identify, track and arrest suspected sexual predators.
In one week, authorities arrested 205 people in cases involving 115 victims.
Patel highlighted three cases, including a Minnesota state trooper who is accused of producing child sexual abuse material while in uniform, a person who is in the U.S. without authorization accused of transporting a victim across state lines and a previously convicted sex offender who was arrested for allegedly violating her supervised release.
Bondi and Patel did not take questions.
