Kidnappings

[Anonymous]

My neighbor works for a state CPS (not in the DMV) and she does see human trafficking in her line of work. The victims are young and largely non-English speaking. By the time she gets them, they sometimes don't even know where they are from anymore. Another neighbor is FBI and he rarely sees real human trafficking even though that's under his portfolio. It appears to skew young with an extremely vulnerable population.

[Anonymous]

Random stranger abductions are incredibly rare.

More common pre-2000 for sure.

Custodial kidnappings are on the rise. Most likely because divorce rates are on the rise.

[Anonymous]

No one is trying to steal an 8 year old in Fairfax. You're fine.

[Anonymous]

I work with families in the DC area who recently came from Central and South America. Back in the 90's parents would complain about paying $1000's to bring their kid to the US. Now they are paying $1000's and their kids are just gone. It's happening a lot and it's terrifying. It's also sad that some people are trying to make it out to be a conservative/liberal issue. It's a human issue and I hope it gets more attention.

[Anonymous]

If anyone is interested in the stats (demographics, locations, outcomes, etc.), here you go: https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/analysis-of-nonfamily-abductions-reported-to-ncmec-2016-2020.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The FBI statistics are publicly available. There are less kidnappings and most kidnappings are done by family members, not strangers.

Human trafficking is different although I don’t recall the stats off my head. The human trafficking scare tactics that we hear about with white women/teens in grocery store parking lots is mostly BS Qanon stuff. Most human trafficking happens to women/girls of color. Also to immigrants that are brought here and forced into indentured servitude.

+1 This. We hear about it more now because it’s rare and because of the internet. The world is actually much safer than when we are kids.

+1 there is a LOT of fear mongering now but things are actually safer than when we were wandering around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The FBI statistics are publicly available. There are less kidnappings and most kidnappings are done by family members, not strangers.

Human trafficking is different although I don’t recall the stats off my head. The human trafficking scare tactics that we hear about with white women/teens in grocery store parking lots is mostly BS Qanon stuff. Most human trafficking happens to women/girls of color. Also to immigrants that are brought here and forced into indentured servitude.

+1 This. We hear about it more now because it’s rare and because of the internet. The world is actually much safer than when we are kids.

No evidence of that.

[Anonymous]

I know a woman whose 5 year old was kidnapped and killed. It was a guy she thought was a friend. He even spent time "comforting" her in the week it took to find her child's body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The FBI statistics are publicly available. There are less kidnappings and most kidnappings are done by family members, not strangers.

Human trafficking is different although I don’t recall the stats off my head. The human trafficking scare tactics that we hear about with white women/teens in grocery store parking lots is mostly BS Qanon stuff. Most human trafficking happens to women/girls of color. Also to immigrants that are brought here and forced into indentured servitude.

+1 This. We hear about it more now because it’s rare and because of the internet. The world is actually much safer than when we are kids.

No evidence of that.

There is no evidence that the world is safer now than when we were kids? What? How about all the crime stats support this. Actually, violent crime in the US has gradually decreased since the colonial times. The US did see a covid bump but that has also subsided.

[Anonymous]

I work with families in the DC area who recently came from Central and South America. Back in the 90's parents would complain about paying $1000's to bring their kid to the US. Now they are paying $1000's and their kids are just gone. It's happening a lot and it's terrifying. It's also sad that some people are trying to make it out to be a conservative/liberal issue. It's a human issue and I hope it gets more attention.

+1

[Anonymous]

I assume this thread is specifically about the US but in some foreign countries kidnappings for ransom are much more common.