Children Are Vanishing At An Alarming Rate In This Small Town - PedoGate In America
May 1, 2017 By Susan Duclos - All News PipeLine
While hundreds of teens have gone missing in the St, Louis area of Missouri since 2000, dozens of them just since the beginning of 2017, and in the small community of Berkeley, MO, children are disappearing at an alarming rate, it is critical to understand that human trafficking across the U.S. rose 35.7 percent in 2016 from the previous year, according to the data compiled by the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
In February 2017, President Trump vowed to fight the "epidemic" of human trafficking in the U.S., and detailed reports published around the same time show that in the first month of his presidency, over 1,500 sex trafficking and pedophiles had already been arrested.
THE NUMBERS IN BERKELEY, MO ARE STAGGERING
Before we get into the heartbreaking nationwide data, a recent local report from Fox2 Now St. Louis, highlights the astounding number of teens, male and female, that have gone missing in St. Louis and surrounding areas, and one small community where the data shows that in 2017, those numbers have increased exponentially.
While the report does a good job compiling a list of the missing from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which shows there are 364 active missing juvenile cases, the Fox2 report presents the numbers without context or comparisons, which shows the staggering scope, and the 2017 increase.
For example, the report states that 33 teens have gone missing in Berkeley, MO, since 2000, but in delving below the numbers, tracking the dates and comparing the population of Berkeley in comparison with the amount of missing teens in St. Louis, MO, where the estimated population is over 30 times the amount than Berkeley, the bigger picture emerges.
As of 2015, official estimates for St. Louis population is listed at approximately 315,685, making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri. The list at the Fox2 News website is divided into "Missing St. Louis Area Female Teens" and "Missing St. Louis Male Teens," and shows a total of 76 missing from St. Louis alone since 2000. 47 females and 29 males. (Note, while the site categorized them as "teens" a very small numbers of the names listed are in their 20s and 30s.)
In contrast, the small town of Berkeley, MO, as of the 2010 census (the latest one available) showed a population of 8,978, and has nearly half as many teens missing in the same time frame.
76 missing - St. Louis, population 315,685
33 missing - Berkeley, population 8,978.
It gets worse. If those numbers and the comparisons aren't disturbing enough, a look at the dates show the disappearances are increasing. From 2000 to 2016, a total of 33 teens, males and females have gone missing in Berkeley, but 7 of them have occurred in 2017. For the whole year of 2016, there were four.
Via Fox2 News:
State Senator Maria Chapelle-Nadal has been one of the few politicians trying to get the public's attention about it. She recently posted on Facebook asking parents to make sure their kids "have a tracking device on their phones. Instruct them to keep it on when they leave the house. This is serious. Over 20 girls have gone missing in a very small local zone."
Chapelle-Nadal told me in person, "There are people zeroing in on our young girls -- and men as well -- because they want to capture them and make them part of the sex trade."
Note- According to Unity Alert's Facebook page, out of the 361 juveniles actively missing from the whole state of Missouri, only 34 photos are available on file. (Less that ten percent) Out of the 554 adults actively missing from the state of Missouri, only 158 photos are available on file.
Below the short video news report about "The Missing" in the St. Louis area, we are going to discuss the bigger picture of PedoGate in America.
PEDOGATE IN AMERICA
While the focus on Missouri and the small community of Berkeley, MO, helps to personalize the issue, for lack of a better term, human trafficking has been reported in all 50 U.S. States, and Washington, DC.
Many missing teens are treated as runaway cases, and many of them are, but according to almost every site and expert that focuses on human trafficking, runaways and homeless youths are one of the most vulnerable targets for human traffickers, to be used as sex and/or labor slaves.
Key Facts from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, show that according to the FBI, in 2016 there were 465,676 NCIC entries for missing children. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children assisted law enforcement in 20,500 cases of missing children, 90 percent of which were categorized as endangered runaways. Of the more than 18,500 endangered runaways reported to NCMEC in 2016, one in six were likely victims of child sex trafficking. (Source)
As ANP has reported previously, approximately 75-80% of human trafficking is for sex and 80 percent of those sold into sexual slavery are under 24, and some are as young as six years old. 80% of trafficking victims are female and over 50% of human trafficking victims are children.
Because of the hidden nature of the crime it is almost impossible to obtain completely accurate numbers, but the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking estimates the number of children in the U.S. who are trafficked "is by far in excess of 100,000." Some claim that number could be as high as 300,000.
Recent reports assert human trafficking is the third largest criminal enterprise in the world, behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking, with previous reports indicating that as of 2014, human trafficking and forced labor generates over $150 billion annually.
The Missing here in America are not the only victims in this large criminal enterprise, as it is estimated that 50,000 women and girls are brought into the United States each year, mainly for prostitution.
Perhaps the most horrifying part of it all is that any one of us may have seen a victim and a human trafficker as they often hide in plain sight. From the sleaziest, rent-by-the-hour hotels to those considered 5 star, massage parlors and nail salons are often fronts for illegal human traffickers, airports are used to transport victims regularly, and major sporting events, such as the Super Bowl, is reported to be the "single largest incident of human trafficking in the U.S."
May 1, 2017 By Susan Duclos - All News PipeLine
While hundreds of teens have gone missing in the St, Louis area of Missouri since 2000, dozens of them just since the beginning of 2017, and in the small community of Berkeley, MO, children are disappearing at an alarming rate, it is critical to understand that human trafficking across the U.S. rose 35.7 percent in 2016 from the previous year, according to the data compiled by the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
In February 2017, President Trump vowed to fight the "epidemic" of human trafficking in the U.S., and detailed reports published around the same time show that in the first month of his presidency, over 1,500 sex trafficking and pedophiles had already been arrested.
THE NUMBERS IN BERKELEY, MO ARE STAGGERING
Before we get into the heartbreaking nationwide data, a recent local report from Fox2 Now St. Louis, highlights the astounding number of teens, male and female, that have gone missing in St. Louis and surrounding areas, and one small community where the data shows that in 2017, those numbers have increased exponentially.
While the report does a good job compiling a list of the missing from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which shows there are 364 active missing juvenile cases, the Fox2 report presents the numbers without context or comparisons, which shows the staggering scope, and the 2017 increase.
For example, the report states that 33 teens have gone missing in Berkeley, MO, since 2000, but in delving below the numbers, tracking the dates and comparing the population of Berkeley in comparison with the amount of missing teens in St. Louis, MO, where the estimated population is over 30 times the amount than Berkeley, the bigger picture emerges.
As of 2015, official estimates for St. Louis population is listed at approximately 315,685, making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri. The list at the Fox2 News website is divided into "Missing St. Louis Area Female Teens" and "Missing St. Louis Male Teens," and shows a total of 76 missing from St. Louis alone since 2000. 47 females and 29 males. (Note, while the site categorized them as "teens" a very small numbers of the names listed are in their 20s and 30s.)
In contrast, the small town of Berkeley, MO, as of the 2010 census (the latest one available) showed a population of 8,978, and has nearly half as many teens missing in the same time frame.
76 missing - St. Louis, population 315,685
33 missing - Berkeley, population 8,978.
It gets worse. If those numbers and the comparisons aren't disturbing enough, a look at the dates show the disappearances are increasing. From 2000 to 2016, a total of 33 teens, males and females have gone missing in Berkeley, but 7 of them have occurred in 2017. For the whole year of 2016, there were four.
Via Fox2 News:
State Senator Maria Chapelle-Nadal has been one of the few politicians trying to get the public's attention about it. She recently posted on Facebook asking parents to make sure their kids "have a tracking device on their phones. Instruct them to keep it on when they leave the house. This is serious. Over 20 girls have gone missing in a very small local zone."
Chapelle-Nadal told me in person, "There are people zeroing in on our young girls -- and men as well -- because they want to capture them and make them part of the sex trade."
Note- According to Unity Alert's Facebook page, out of the 361 juveniles actively missing from the whole state of Missouri, only 34 photos are available on file. (Less that ten percent) Out of the 554 adults actively missing from the state of Missouri, only 158 photos are available on file.
Below the short video news report about "The Missing" in the St. Louis area, we are going to discuss the bigger picture of PedoGate in America.
PEDOGATE IN AMERICA
While the focus on Missouri and the small community of Berkeley, MO, helps to personalize the issue, for lack of a better term, human trafficking has been reported in all 50 U.S. States, and Washington, DC.
Many missing teens are treated as runaway cases, and many of them are, but according to almost every site and expert that focuses on human trafficking, runaways and homeless youths are one of the most vulnerable targets for human traffickers, to be used as sex and/or labor slaves.
Key Facts from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, show that according to the FBI, in 2016 there were 465,676 NCIC entries for missing children. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children assisted law enforcement in 20,500 cases of missing children, 90 percent of which were categorized as endangered runaways. Of the more than 18,500 endangered runaways reported to NCMEC in 2016, one in six were likely victims of child sex trafficking. (Source)
As ANP has reported previously, approximately 75-80% of human trafficking is for sex and 80 percent of those sold into sexual slavery are under 24, and some are as young as six years old. 80% of trafficking victims are female and over 50% of human trafficking victims are children.
Because of the hidden nature of the crime it is almost impossible to obtain completely accurate numbers, but the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking estimates the number of children in the U.S. who are trafficked "is by far in excess of 100,000." Some claim that number could be as high as 300,000.
Recent reports assert human trafficking is the third largest criminal enterprise in the world, behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking, with previous reports indicating that as of 2014, human trafficking and forced labor generates over $150 billion annually.
The Missing here in America are not the only victims in this large criminal enterprise, as it is estimated that 50,000 women and girls are brought into the United States each year, mainly for prostitution.
Perhaps the most horrifying part of it all is that any one of us may have seen a victim and a human trafficker as they often hide in plain sight. From the sleaziest, rent-by-the-hour hotels to those considered 5 star, massage parlors and nail salons are often fronts for illegal human traffickers, airports are used to transport victims regularly, and major sporting events, such as the Super Bowl, is reported to be the "single largest incident of human trafficking in the U.S."
