ENACT Flash Report #5: Addressing the challenges of missing persons

The fifth ENACT Flash Report is now available to download. This report This was commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, and its community for a European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) workshop aimed at discussing Missing Persons that took place on March 19th, 2025.

To compose this report, ENACT ENACT leveraged its Structured Knowledge Base to map ongoing research projects on missing persons, some well-known technologies for cases investigation (DNA forensics, OSINT..) and underline the critical need for stronger prevention strategies and statistical tools since each year, an estimated 300,000 to 600,000 individuals are reported missing in Europe.

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Read the report: Addressing the challenges of missing persons