Illustration depicting artificial intelligence AI facial recognition

The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and Clearview AI conducted an operation in Ecuador this past spring that resulted in locating and positively identifying 110 previously unknown child sexual abuse victims. The operation, held in Ecuador and hosted by ICMEC, used Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology as a main resource. Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, and the Dominican Republic were among the countries that worked together on hundreds of cold cases involving previously unknown victims of online child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The University of Winchester in Great Britain will have students help a network overseen by AMBER Alert Europe in its forensic investigations. The Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (PEN-MP) will work with the university and Locate International to analyze cold cases.