Twenty-nine people from New Jersey were charged in a nationwide prostitution and pimp bust, according to the FBI. The bust involved 10 New Jersey towns and six counties, officials said.

One 17-year-old was rescued in the local operation, and 29 prostitutes and pimps were arrested in New Jersey as part of Operation Cross Country X, according to the FBI in Newark and representatives from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Operations took place in a number of New Jersey locations, including hotels, truck stops and street corners. Minors recovered during an arrest are engaged with state protective services and victim assistance, according to the FBI.

Mike Whitaker, FBI spokesman in Newark, said that five prostitutes and three pimps — two male, one female — were arrested in Franklin Township in Somerset County. Others were arrested in Atlantic City.

Two pimps were charged in Atlantic County Superior Court, and 11 were charged in Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township, Whitaker said.

Whitaker did not yet have the names available of the people arrested, but the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office had a partial list: Lee Pa, Age 43, Ash Avenue, Flushing, N.Y., Charged with Promoting Prostitution – Franklin Township Municipal Court, Bail - $1,000 Dequan L. McDaniel, Age 22, Ann Street, Dover, N.J., Charged with Promoting Prostitution – Franklin Township Municipal Court, Bail - $2,500 Li Pan, Age 31, College Park, Flushing, N.Y., Charged with Prostitution – Franklin Township Municipal Court, Bail - $1,000 Qian Xiang, Age 28, Main Street, Flushing, N.Y., Promoting Prostitution – Franklin Township Municipal Court, Bail - $2,500 Jameyah A. Warren-McClendon, Age 21, Halsted Street, East Orange, N.J., Prostitution – Franklin Township Municipal Court, Bail - $1,000 Cashera T. Terry, Age 19, 2nd Street, Plainfield, N.J., Prostitution, Possession of Marihuana (u/50 grams) Franklin Township Municipal Court, Bail – ROR Whitaker identified the departments that participated in Operation Cross Country X:

Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office

Atlantic County Sheriff's Office

NJ Human Services Police Department

Egg Harbor Township Police Department

Galloway Police Department

Somers Point Police Department

Cape May County Prosecutor's Office

Fairfield Police Department

Essex Fells Police Department

West Caldwell Police Department

Caldwell Police Department

New Jersey State Police

Essex County Prosecutor's Office

NY/NJ Port Authority Police Department

Irvington Police Department

Hudson County Prosecutor's Office

Franklin Township Police Department

New Brunswick Police Department

Somerset County Prosecutors Office

Middlesex County Prosecutors Office The FBI-led initiative took place across the United States from Thursday through Sunday, according to the FBI. Domestically, there were 82 minors rescued and 239 traffickers and their associates arrested as part of Operation Cross Country X, focusing on underage human trafficking.

"Operation Cross Country aims to shine a spotlight into the darkest corners of our society that seeks to prey on the most vulnerable of our population," FBI Director James Comey said in a statement.

"As part of this effort, we are not only looking to root out those who engage in the trafficking of minors, but through our Office of Victim Assistance, we offer a lifeline to minors to help them escape from a virtual prison no person ever deserves." Law enforcement partners from Cambodia, Canada, the Philippines and Thailand had operations in their respective countries. In Canada, as part of a corresponding effort called Northern Spotlight, authorities recovered 16 children, while in Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines, authorities recovered 25 children, including a 2-year-old girl.