Florida authorities rescue 60 children in Operation Dragon Eye, a multi-agency effort targeting child sex trafficking, resulting in eight arrests on human trafficking charges., "We rescued 60 kids, many victims of horrible violence and human trafficking. As we help these kids recover, we’ll keep fighting with everything we’ve got to protect our kids." According to Bill Berger, U.S. Marshall in the Middle District of Florida, the children rescued were between nine and 17 years old. He also indicated eight people , During a Monday morning news conference in Tampa, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier was joined by state, local, and federal law enforcement officials to announce the results of the operation that spanned two weeks. “Operation Dragon Eye” involved 20 agencies and more than 100 people, recovering 60 missing children in “critical , A two-week, multiagency operation resulted in the recovery or safe location of 60 “critically missing” children from Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said. The children, who ranged from age 9 to 17, were provided with physical and psychological care, nourishment, social services and child , Ten DCF agents helped recover 26 of the 60 children, she said. FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass said the fact that they rescued 60 children “sends the message that Florida will never be a safe place for traffickers.” Law enforcement officers in Florida are continuing “to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves,” he said., Authorities rescued 60 missing children in what Florida’s attorney general called the largest child rescue operation in American history. Operation Dragon Eye was a two-week operation by the U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) and other agencies focused on finding and rescuing “critically missing” children aged between 9 and 17 years old .