The FBI reports that children raised in foster care are at an increased risk of being trafficked.
These kids lack a strong family support system to protect them and are at a higher risk of running away and becoming enslaved.
According to 2017 stats from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1/7 kids reported missing were likely caught in sex trafficking and of those 1/7, 88% were in child welfare.
Each year, an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked across international borders (some international and non-governmental organizations place the number far higher), and the trade is growing