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The Disappearing MillionsEvery year, an estimated 8 million children vanish worldwide. That’s one child every four seconds.Let that sink in. By the time you finish reading this post, several more will be gone.The official explanations range from runaways to custody disputes to abductions by strangers. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: no one can fully account for where they all go. Many are never seen again.Some are found too late. Some are hidden in plain sight, forced into new identities, trafficked across borders, or moved through foster systems ripe for exploitation. And some disappear into underground networks so well-protected that even law enforcement will never touch them.And then there are the darkest possibilities: • Organ harvesting for the black market. • Sexual exploitation for paying clients and for the purposes of blackmail. • Ritual abuse in circles where power is bound by shared secrets and mutual guilt.We like to believe that if something this monstrous were happening at scale, it would be impossible to hide. But that’s not true, it hides precisely because it is protected. The networks responsible for these disappearances are interwoven with politics, finance, intelligence, and organized crime. The higher up the chain you go, the more likely you are to find influence and immunity.The silence is deafening. Governments, NGOs, and media outlets might publicize certain “safe” rescue stories, the cases that can be solved without touching the powerful. But they do not touch the core of the system. And they never ask the most dangerous question: Where are the missing millions?Until we relentlessly demand an answer, those millions will keep disappearing. And the powerful will keep counting on our disbelief to cover their crimes.