01/11/2022
"according to data the National Human Trafficking Hotline collected, 81% of s*x trafficking victims were brought in by someone intimately close to them."
Parents, classmates, social media friends, extended family, boyfriend/girlfriend, coaches, teachers, etc. are the typical traffickers. Being trafficked in the United States by a complete stranger is extremely rare.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/verify/social-media/most-human-s*x-trafficking-victims-not-abducted-kidnapped-by-strangers/536-68b63413-81be-490f-aa66-9000d44650c5
Most trafficking victims are preyed upon by someone they know, and traffickers rarely take their victims by force.