List of missing people organizations

This is a list of missing people organizations grouped by international or United States location. A missing person is a person who has disappeared, and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and fate is not believed known.

International

Visual representation created by Missing Children Europe for the 116000 European network of missing children hotlines

• INTERPOL is involved in missing person cases through the maintenance of an International Missing Persons Database.^[1] The database is populated by INTERPOL member countries through the use of yellow notices. INTERPOL Notices are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.^[2] In missing person cases a Yellow Notice can be requested by any member country. They are designed to help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify persons who are unable to identify themselves. Where a member country requests it, the Yellow Notice is published to the web and can be linked to the INTERPOL suite of border management tools. This will trigger an alert in the event of anyone with a yellow notice crossing a connected border point.
• The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children works with INTERPOL, law enforcement, and elected officials worldwide to combat child pornography and abduction.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement through their FamilyLinks website they help track people who are missing after a natural disaster or displaced by war to re-unite with their families.^[8]
• Tie A Ribbon: Online directory raising awareness for missing people in the United Kingdom.^[9]

United States

• LostNMissing Inc^[10] is an all volunteer state and federally recognized 501(c)3 Non-Profit charitable organization to assist law enforcement and the families of missing. They never charge a fee for services and are dependent upon public donations. All Support Members, Board of Directors, Officers and Owner are Volunteers.
• National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or NamUs^[11] is a clearinghouse for missing persons and unidentified decedent records in the United States, a part of the Department of Justice.
• The Doe Network contains both unidentified and missing persons cases.^[12]

References

1. http://www.interpol.int/notice/search/missing
2. http://www.interpol.int/INTERPOL-expertise/Notices
3. Donald F. Sprague (2012). Investigating Missing Children Cases: A Guide for First Responders and Investigators. CRC Press. pp. 167–68. ISBN 1439860637.
4. Babak Akhgar, Andrew Staniforth, Francesca Bosco (2014). Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator's Handbook. Syngress. p. 138. ISBN 0128008113.
5. "Contact Us". ICMEC.
6. "Spotlight". The Technology Coalition.
7. "About the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children". ICMEC.
8. familylinks.icrc.org
9. tie-a-ribbon.co.uk
10. lostnmissing.com
11. namus.gov