@b65192d2 both do happen, sadly. But by the time somebody is old enough to drive, I imagine they're too old for trafficking, so the car attachment trick does seem out of place there. Much more likely for theft than abduction.

In the UK, they're abducted pre/early teen and/or coerced into drug addiction when they're still naive and impressionable. Once hooked, they'll agree to anything for another hit, and their dependence makes them less likely to run too.

I hate that i know this 😔 

 @46281ca2 Oy… as payment to mules bringing undocumented immigrants? Of course. Coercing runaways? Yeah, that too. Handed over by monstrous family members? It happens! Randomly swiped off the streets of suburban neighborhoods? C’mon. People keep saying this is a thing and not a single person yet has been able to point to an instance of it happening. I mean, I’m sure there’s an example or two. There always is. But the trafficking van patrolling the ‘burbs is paranoid fantasy.