The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) has enhanced its Web site to ensure faster searches for information on missing children cases around the world.
"The Web site now offers a more user-friendly search function, making it far more accessible and enabling users to obtain information quickly," says captain Fanie van Deventer, manager of the Bureau for Missing Persons of the SAPS.
"Also, hoax e-mails that offer false information on so-called missing children can be countered effectively, as users can simply cross-reference this information on the site`s search engine to check if it is legitimate."
The site`s enhancements were enabled with the help of the ICMEC`s corporate technology partners, Computer Associates (CA) and Sun Microsystems.
New features on the site include an "Alert" section that highlights missing children photos, a "Quick Search for Missing Children" feature that allows visitors to look up a missing child based on the most frequently used search options, and the ability to handle non-Latin alphabets.
CA`s Unicenter, BrightStor, eTrust and CleverPath solutions manage the Web site`s supporting IT infrastructure, while Sun`s programmers designed the new software, built it and donated maintenance services.
Van Deventer says the recovery rate of missing children in SA has gone up from 82% to 88% since the site was established in 2000 by ICMEC, CA, the South African Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and the South African Police Services` Bureau for Missing Persons.
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