Popa, I agree with you. I would even go further and say that the cases that people hear about are *least* indicative of what really goes on, because the average Joe (or Jane) doesn’t have access to newspapers and influential people, nor does the average husband have the resources for a heter meah rabbanim. Whenever an agunah story hits the news, I assume that at least one family is either very wealthy or related to an influential person*.
*v’hamaskil yidom