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National Center outlines trafficking trends, free tools and Arkansas case data
Summary
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children told the Senate Children and Youth Committee that runaway cases are a key at-risk group, that 1 in 6 runaway reports in 2021 were likely trafficking victims, and that NCMEC provides analytic leads, a 24/7 CyberTipline and free trainings for Arkansas stakeholders.
Stacey Sheehan, vice president of an analytical division at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, told the Senate Children and Youth Committee that missing-child reports remain a critical way to identify potential trafficking victims and that the center’s analytic capacity and public resources are available to Arkansas law enforcement and child-welfare partners.
Sheehan emphasized that not every missing child is a trafficking victim but said the numbers show vulnerability: in 2021 the National Center received more than 25,000 missing-child reports and, among children who ran away, about 1 in 6 were likely…
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