TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A law enforcement task force has recovered 122 missing and endangered Florida children, the U.S. Marshals announced Monday.

The two-week operation, led by local, state and federal law enforcement groups and titled Home for the Holidays, involved Florida children from metro areas including Tampa Bay (57), Orlando (14), Jacksonville (22) and Fort Myers (29).

They were found in Florida and nine other states, and they range in age from 23 months to 17 years old.

“These kids, ranging in age from 17 down to just 2 years old, many have been through the unthinkable,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said. “They’ve been trafficked. They’ve been exploited. They’ve been abused.”

A similar operation during the summer brought in more than 60 children in the Tampa Bay are

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