A two-day conference in Warsaw, Poland, offered the latest techniques to find missing persons, including using drones in searches. The “Searching for Missing People in Poland and Europe” conference was held November 20-21, 2013. The conference also had presentations about search and rescue teams and child abduction alerts in Poland, Greece, and the rest of Europe.

Greece has brought police officers, firefighters, members of the Coast Guard, and volunteer organizations together to create a team to find missing and abducted children. The Coordination Operational Team for Missing Children will coordinate resources and equipment during missing and abducted child investigations. The team was launched May 25, 2012, and has already been activated to successfully find a 7-year-old girl.

Greece activated the AMBER Alert HELLAS in September when a 5-year-old Nigerian boy disappeared from his cousin's apartment in Athens. The boy has Down syndrome and was staying with his cousin while his mother was hospitalized. The non-profit group Smile of the Child used the European Hotline Number for Missing Children to mobilize police in the area. A police investigation did not produce any leads, and authorities decided to issue the alert because of the time of night and the boy's medical condition. Because of the AMBER Alert, the child was found three hours later in a nearby building. He was visibly frightened but in good health.