AMBER Alert Europe marked a number of important milestones for its goal of #ZeroMissingKids in its annual report for 2019. The highlights include:
- The organization’s Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (PEN-MP) was officially recognized by all member states of the European Union.
- PEN-MP appointed Damjan Miklič with the Slovenian Police Directorate as the new president representing the 60 police experts from 16 countries.
- The ‘Stay Safe With Simon’ campaign was launched to teach children how to protect themselves from being abducted.
AMBER Alert Europe also started partnerships with national police forces of Sweden, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Lithuania, as well as with missing persons organizations in the UK and Spain. The full report can be found here.