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How many children have been abducted by family members? According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), in 2019 NCMEC assisted law enforcement and families with more than 29,000 cases of missing children. Of those cases 4 percent were family abductions, NCMEC data show. Statistics on the number of child abductions in the United States can be located in the annual Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics, which is published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation through its National Crime Information Center. Also see OJJDP's Missing & Exploited Children In Focus page. Last Updated: March 5, 2020

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