The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday it has busted a nationwide child sex trafficking ring.

According to a press release, the FBI rescued 84 children from multiple states and arrested 120 human traffickers in a sting known as "Operation Cross Country XI." Multiple law enforcement agencies collaborated on the goal of taking out "pimps" in commercial underage human trafficking operations.

"We at the FBI have no greater mission than to protect our nation's children from harm. Unfortunately, the number of traffickers arrested -- and the number of children recovered -- reinforces why we need to continue to do this important work," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement.

"This operation isn't just about taking traffickers off the street. It's about making sure we offer help and a way out to these young victims who find themselves caught in a vicious cycle of abuse."

According to NBC News, Operation Cross Country coordinated with FBI offices across the U.S. along with more than 500 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) on a four-day sting that ended Oct. 15. The FBI did not say if any were located in New York state, but half of the arrests took place in Georgia and significant numbers of victims were recovered in San Francisco, Denver, and Charlotte.

The Huffington Post reports the average age of the victims was 15, and the youngest was a 3-month-old baby in Colorado.

"During operations by FBI Denver's Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force, for example, a three-month-old girl and her five-year-old sister were recovered after a friend who was staying with the family made a deal with an undercover task force officer to sell both children for sex in exchange for $600," the FBI said.