The collaboration of effort in this case can’t be overstated. The ability to respond and recover these children abroad is an extremely difficult task.'

The multi-continental search began on Oct. 25 after the siblings, ages 8 and 9, were reported missing along with their 34-year-old mother.

Two missing siblings from Ohio were found on a remote island in Iceland months after disappearing. The U.S. Marshals Service in Northern Ohio and Canton Police Department announced they recovered the two missing children in Reykjavik, Iceland on Jan. 10. The children, ages 8 and 9, were missing from Canton, Ohio.