Well, it's about damn time.

More good news today out of Washington - and from multiple news sources, including Bloomberg and Fox News.

While members of the generations ahead of me are not always partial to the world of social media, I hope that this story could change their minds and help them to see one of its great benefits - according to an assistant FBI director Ron Hosko, authorities rescued 105 children from sex slavery on July 26-28 via a sting operation. One of the main resources used to locate victims? You guessed it...social media. Classified ads were also included in "the sweep," but both were clear components to the operation.

According to Bloomberg reporter Phil Mattingly, "the three-day operation covered 76 cities and 230 federal, state, and local law enforcement groups." In addition to the 105 children who were rescued, 150 pimps and "other people" were arrested.

The operation, titled "Cross-Country," has apparently been "the seventh of its kind as federal and state law enforcement authorities have increased their focus on child sex trafficking in recent years," and is part of "FBI's 'Innocence Lost' Initiative."

I almost want to take back everything I have previously stated about government authorities prior to this post - but I don't want to go that far. Perhaps the problem in locating trafficking victims does not stem from the federal government, but rather from local governments not recognizing victims when cases are brought to their attention, as in Utah's SECURE Strike Force.

The other problem, other than governments, can relate to news coverage. We don't know about trafficking cases because they are not publicized. We have to search through Google "news" search results in order to find cases relating to human trafficking. This sting operation is quite the story - however, after visiting the Fox News homepage, it was nowhere to be found - it was only found after searching through the site and Google "news" search results. I am hard-pressed to say that I can find the story anywhere else except for local news outlets - even CNN did not carry the story.

I give a lot of credit to the FBI for pursing "Operation Cross-Country." I hope to see more of these operations in the future. I just hope that the public gets to hear about it without the aid of extensive Google searches. These types of stories could motivate everyday citizens to either donate to an organization like Love146, or the Not Today Coalition. They could inspire volunteer efforts and future building of safe homes. All we need to have is more publicity - I can only imagine someone who is not educated in the issue reading the story, and feeling amazed that human trafficking even occurs in the United States, notwithstanding the need for an FBI sting operation spanning 76 cities.