Where Are the Kids?
Operation verified

Operation DRAGON EYE

Florida / Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco

Reported / announced2025-06-23
Record statusVerified
CHILDREN FOUND contribution60
60 recovered/located

60 recovered or safely located

The event

What happened

Two-week multidisciplinary operation across Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties with government, social-service, medical and nonprofit partners.

Purpose

Recover or safely locate the most critically missing youth in Middle Florida.

Disclosure note: No individual child identities are stored.

The numbers

Reported outcomes

60
Combined Recovered Or Located

Source wording: “60 recovered or safely located”

Exact Operation Total Included in CHILDREN FOUND
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The people and agencies

Who went looking

Hillsborough County Sheriff's OfficeLocal partner
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)Technical/support partner
Pasco County Sheriff's OfficeLocal partner
Pinellas County Sheriff's OfficeLocal partner
U.S. Marshals ServiceLead federal partner
The receipts

Sources

Every public claim on this record should lead back to identifiable evidence. Open a source to see its publication details and associated records.

primary U.S. Marshals Service — U.S. Marshals-led Missing Child Operation in Middle Florida Results in Recovery of 60 Children 2025-06-23

Supports: Operation outcome, scope, or metric claim.
How to read this page

Source terminology is preserved where material. A public record can remain Researching or Needs Follow-up without contributing to CHILDREN FOUND; the counter uses the higher evidentiary threshold shown above.

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