Arkansas currently has 108 missing children under the age of 18 and 11 of these children have been missing for over 2 years. An average of 1 in 6 runaways are likely victims of child sex trafficking.

77% of people are trafficked in their own country. The commercial exploitation of children is a growing issue and education is a powerful tool to help prevent and fight human trafficking. There are different types of traffickers that employ various methods to recruit victims including:

Experiencing violence can have a detrimental impact on a child’s life and significantly increase their vulnerability to and risk factors associated with human trafficking.