Florida law enforcement officials recovered 163 missing children during a massive five-day multi-agency operation called Operation Statewide Shield. Led by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the operation is the largest child recovery initiative in state history.
- Florida law enforcement officials recovered 163 missing children, ranging in age from 2 months to 17 years, in Operation Statewide Shield
- Children were found across Florida, as well as in six other states, one U.S. territory and 12 countries, including Brazil and Canada
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called the operation the “first statewide child recovery initiative and the largest operation of its kind in Florida history”
163 missing children found in Florida.
And barely makes the legacy media.
This should be HEADLINE NEWS worldwide! pic.twitter.com/0Fiamz8f9X
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) September 2, 2026
Florida officials said law enforcement agencies across the state worked together on a five-day operation to find more than 160 missing children.
On Wednesday, Aug. 25, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that the state’s Operation Statewide Shield had resulted in 163 children, between the ages of two months and 17 years old, being recovered in what was described as the “first statewide child recovery initiative and the largest operation of its kind in Florida history.”
Law enforcement agents involved in the operation aimed to identify, locate and recover the missing children using information from intelligence and field operations before providing them with “immediate access to child-focused services.”
