Quotes from the report on Missing & Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives-

sometimes [in] Indian Country, our Tribal advocates who are really our unsung heroes,

are the ones who find out about the missing women and children in our communities because

sometimes the fear of law enforcement is one they would rather talk to an advocate about their

missing family members than going to the criminal justice system with that one.

Monte Fronk, citizen, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Listening Session, June 2, 2020

How do we reduce vulnerability? You know, again, that is the overwhelming question. We

have so many factors going against people in our area. We have the poverty. We have the

generational trauma, not just the genocide that has been performed, the lack of will to provide

any kind of services, the years of boarding schools, and now foster care. I think we have had

more kids in foster care than we ever had in boarding schools. And the ongoing racism that—that is

happening. Those are all the kinds of things that make the population I serve, and that I am a member of,

vulnerable to becoming a missing person. So we have a lot of things to work on.

Carmen O’Leary, citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Tribal Consultation, August 25, 2020

https://operationladyjustice.usdoj.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh281/files/media/document/operation-lady-justice-report-508_final.pdf

Most of the report focuses on the minutia of operations and initiatives of the task force itself, but these comments and mentions of distrust of authorities make it pretty clear that trafficking is a big part of the problem, and that LEO & gov services agencies are involved.