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Missing children in the US

The number of missing children in the U.S. varies widely depending on the data source and definition used.

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Which countries report the highest numbers of missing children annually?

Most available reporting points to the United States and several large European countries as the places that report the highest raw numbers of missing children each year, with Germany, France and pan‑...