The nationwide operation also identified or arrested 126 suspects of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking and 68 suspected traffickers.
The nationwide operation also identified or arrested 126 suspects of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking and 68 suspected traffickers.
How are 59 children missing? I can’t wrap my head around that.
There are a lot more than 59 missing children at any time. There are hundreds of millions of people in the US, a few will go missing all the time.
most missing children are with their other parent who is hiding from court ordered custody, and thus don’t even know they are missing. However kidnapping (often for sex) does happen once in a while, it takes time for the FBI to track these down and in the mean time those doing it have time to kidnap a 58 more kids.
there is nothing unique about the US here. all countries have similar problems, as criminals are everywhere and it takes time for law enforcement to track down any particular criminal.
There are over 300 million people in the US. It would be unthinkable for there to only be 59 missing children at any given time.
I know but it just seems like a lot when you read it. Those poor kids.
I know but it just seems like a lot when you read it. Those poor kids.
Children are easy to carry and often easily accessible. Sadly, it is often as simple as driving close to one in a car, then pulling them inside.
Actually, that can work for adults as well, according to some vids and news stories I’ve seen. Many crimes are incredibly easy. Just like the death toll and environmental/monetary/health cost of cars, it’s just not mainstream knowledge.
And that doesn’t include all the other causes. Runaways are missing, and often intentionally trying to stay missing. Parents taking children and leaving the country without telling anyone can make them all be “missing”. Bureaucratic issues can mean that a simple move leaves children “missing” in one official register or another. Some people or families are simply not “in the system”, living off-the-grid.
I guess a lot of them are foster teens who are in group homes or such and aren’t that easy to track. Ugh.
They could be teens
59 is .0000174% of the US population according to Wolframa Alpha.
Does that help visualize it?
no, it just seems to me that the US news would be bursting with stories of missing children.
And how many of those were sexually exploited and how many just ran away? This whole thing sounds like than fishy.
460,000 children go missing each year in the USA.