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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Graphic - National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenTo make full use of all available resources for missing and exploited children investigations, a FBI Supervisory Special Agent is assigned to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Alexandria, Virginia. He or she coordinates FBI and NCMEC resources to facilitate the most effective FBI response to child abductions, parental kidnappings, and sexual exploitation of children matters.

The NCMEC is a private, non-profit organization established in 1984 that operates under a Congressional mandate and works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. As the nation's resource center for child protection, the NCMEC spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children and to raise public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, sexual exploitation, and the victimization of children. These goals are accomplished by coordinating the efforts of law enforcement, social service agencies, elected officials, judges, prosecutors, and educators, in the public and private sectors to break the cycle of violence.

The NCMEC provides a wide range of free services to law enforcement including:

  • technical case assistance;
  • information analysis and dissemination;
  • photograph and poster preparation and rapid dissemination of such;
  • age-enhancement of photographs;
  • facial reconstruction and imaging services;
  • database searches;
  • educational materials and publications; and,
  • training.

The NCMEC also maintains a 24-hour multilingual hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST and a website at www.missingkids.com to provide:

  • assistance to parents and law enforcement agencies about missing or sexually exploited chidren;
  • a central location to receive reports of missing children sightings;
  • parents with information on how to better safeguard their children; and,
  • reunification assistance to parents once their children are found.

Link - Cyber Tipline NCMEC operates a CyberTipline at www.cybertipline.com that allows parents and children to report child pornography and sexual exploitation of children by submitting an online form. This form is then reviewed by analysts and forwarded to law enforcement including the FBI, the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and state and local police agencies.

Individual FBI Field Offices serve as primary points of contact for persons requesting FBI assistance. For further information about FBI services or to request assistance, please contact a Crimes Against Children Coordinator at your local FBI Field Office.

Kidnappings

Online Child Pornography

CAC Coordinators
National Sex Offender Registry
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Federal Statutes
Child Support Recovery Act
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Two FBI Agents Recognized at National Missing Children's Day Ceremony
Investigating Crimes Against Children Brochure
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