Nine European countries have signed an agreement to work closely together to help find missing children taken across national borders. The joint declaration was signed in November 2016 by Ministers of Interior Affairs from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
“When a child goes missing, quick and effective cross-border information exchange between national law enforcement authorities and other expert bodies is therefore crucial,” said Milan Chovanec, Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic. “Since every endangered missing child deserves an equal chance of being found as quickly as possible, this must not be inhibited by them crossing borders.”
AMBER Alert Europe was involved with the agreement, which includes law enforcement agencies from each country sharing more information, while also seeking public assistance across countries to help find missing children.