{"id":1758,"date":"2022-05-25T07:33:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:05:26","slug":"its-international-missing-childrens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/its-international-missing-childrens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s International Missing Children\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-subtitle stk-block-subtitle stk-block stk-29f28f2\" data-block-id=\"29f28f2\"><p class=\"stk-block-subtitle__text stk-subtitle has-text-align-center\"><strong>&#8230;and one thing you can do to help them<\/strong>. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220525-hotel-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220525-hotel-room.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220525-hotel-room-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 25 is International Missing Children\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many missing children are never trafficked, the typical missing child is definitely a prime target for experienced traffickers.&nbsp; Often hungry or looking for a place to sleep, children become easy targets. Not mature enough to recognize a smooth-talking trafficker, they are easily led into \u201cgoing for a ride\u201d \u2026 and then the trouble starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sex trafficked victims, both children and adults, are often photographed in hotel rooms and then promoted online by their traffickers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But here\u2019s where you can help.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When traveling, load the <strong><em>TrafficCam app<\/em><\/strong> ( available for Android and iPhone ) and use it to take pictures of the hotel rooms where you stay when you travel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By utilizing a huge database of worldwide hotel pictures, a law enforcement organization can quickly scan the photos, hoping to find a matching lamp, a picture on a wall, or other distinguishing elements that will tip off an investigator as to the possible location of a victim being trafficked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it sounds wild, law enforcement has had success recovering missing children and adults using TrafficCam&#8217;s huge database of photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s one more easy thing you can do while traveling that might save the life of a trafficked person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dougs-Bio-8-21-w-divider-dots.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dougs-Bio-8-21-w-divider-dots.jpg 756w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dougs-Bio-8-21-w-divider-dots-480x323.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 756px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13 More articles you might find valuable:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2020\/01\/01\/has-your-childs-school-taken-the-first-step\/\">Has your child\u2019s school taken the first step?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/10-ways-you-can-help-end-trafficking\/\">10 Ways you can help end trafficking<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2018\/04\/24\/can-you-believe-human-zoos-existed-in-this-country\/\">Can you believe human zoos existed in this country?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2018\/08\/29\/what-to-tell-your-child-before-its-too-late\/\">What to tell your child before it\u2019s too late<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2018\/06\/07\/the-worst-thing-your-child-wont-tell-you\/\">The worst thing your child won\u2019t tell you<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2018\/05\/12\/make-a-friend-save-a-trafficking-victim\/\">Make a friend \u2013 save a trafficking victim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2018\/05\/24\/learning-the-facts-about-sexual-violence-these-stats-are-incredible\/\">Learning the facts about sexual violence \u2013 these stats are incredible<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/st-josephine-bakhita-patron-saint-of-trafficking-victims\/\">St. Josephine Bakhita \u2013 patron saint of recovering trafficking victims<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2019\/02\/19\/learn-the-dangerous-language-of-human-traffickers-before-your-child-does\/\">Learn the dangerous language of human traffickers before your child does<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2018\/04\/05\/look-beneath-the-surface-would-you-recognized-someone-being-trafficked\/\">Look beneath the surface \u2013 would you recognize someone being trafficked?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2019\/12\/10\/three-ways-to-protect-kids-online\/\">Three ways to protect kids online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2020\/01\/21\/wth-are-these-preteens-thinking\/\">WTH are these preteens thinking?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/recent-posts\/latest-posts\/\">More of our latest articles<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-5c95456\" data-block-id=\"5c95456\"><hr class=\"stk-block-divider__hr\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and one thing you can do to help them. 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