“These are minors, adults and the elderly who lose track of themselves, leaving their families in anguish,” said Bella. In 82% of cases, these are voluntary removals, while reports of possible victims of crime represent 0.22%.
On average, there are 41 complaints per day relating to foreigners, 47 of minors (36 foreigners and 11 Italians): mostly males between the ages of 15 and 17.
The increase in reports of missing minors is 47.8% for foreigners and 24.1% for Italians. In 2022, the disappearance of 70 Ukrainian minors was also reported in Italy.
Complaints relating to over 65s grew by 13% in 2022. There were 12,170 finds, 49.9% of missing person reports, a slight increase over the previous year. Recovery times continue to decrease: 75% of missing persons are found within the first week. 10% of the finds occurred in the railway sector and mostly concerned minors. pll/rgh/ort