Honorary Board Child Abduction Institute Named for Artist

Susanna Agnelli World renowned artist, and recipient has been unsuccessful and his son President, IL FARO Foundation of the French Legion of Honor remains in . Progress REPOrt • Fall 2005 Her Majesty Award, Jeff Koons is working with the The Queen of the Belgians International Centre for Missing & In 1980, the Hague Convention on Laura Bush Exploited Children to create the the Civil Aspects of International Child First Lady of the United States Koons Family Institute on International Abduction was adopted to address Bernadette Chirac Child Abduction. international child abduction cases First Lady of in a uniform, multinational way. Yet, Marta Sahagun de Fox Koons is a parent who knows first for too many parents, it does not Queens and First Ladies Attend Conference for Children First Lady of Mexico hand the pain and anguish of work and too many legal and social Jolanta Kwasnieska international child abduction. In 1993, obstacles remain. The new Koons First Lady of Jeff’s son Ludwig was abducted from Institute will be a resource for victim Valentina Matvienko New York and taken to Italy by his parents and will work together with Governor of Saint-Petersburg former wife. For more than a decade, the Hague Conference on Private Suzanne Mubarak he has waged an expensive and International Law to overcome First Lady of Egypt frustrating battle to recover his son. obstacles in an effort to resolve Her Majesty Yet, despite his legal custodial right, abduction cases in a more swift and Queen Silvia of his fame, and his resources, his effort consistent manner.

Board of Directors

Arnold I. Burns, Chair Robbie Callaway Dakis Joannou Former US Deputy Attorney General Boys & Girls Clubs of America Art Collector Mary Banotti, Vice Chair James A. Cannavino Jeff Koons Former Member, European Parliament Chairman, DirectInsite Artist Baron Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer, Abraham E. Cohen Anne-Marie Lizin Vice Chair Chairman and President, Kramex, Inc. President, Belgian Senate Chairman, Child Focus Dennis DeConcini Helga Long Craig J. Millard, Vice Chair U.S. Senator (Retired) Managing Director, H.M. Pictured Left to Right: Honorary Board Members of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Bernadette Chirac of France, Philanthropist Rena Rowan Damone Long Global Healthcare Queen Silvia of Sweden, Jolanta Kwasnieska of Poland, and Queen Paola of at the Royal Palace in Brussels Mark N. Sirangelo, Treasurer Co-Founder of Jones Apparel Group Per-Olof Loof CEO, The QuanStar Group Mihaela Geoana  CEO, Kemet Corporation Irena Kozminska, Secretary Fundatia Renasterea, Hoda Maher El-Sayed ABCXXI Emotional Health Rosalia Gil Fernandez Wife of the Foreign Minister of Egypt The European Federation for Missing The conference was held to increase trafficking and child pornography Program, Poland Minister of Child Welfare, Costa Rica Alain Merieux and Sexually Exploited Children awareness of the large and under to generate revenue to support Eve Branson Franz B. Humer President, bioMerieux convened for a special conference recognized problem of missing and their activities. The apparent appeal Writer Chairman and CEO, hosted by Her Majesty Queen Paola exploited children as well as to discuss is that children are plentiful, child Daniel D. Broughton, M.D. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. Ernest E. Allen of Belgium to review and report on what needs to be done. The meeting pornography is easy and inexpensive The Mayo Clinic ICMEC President & CEO initiatives in Europe. The conference was chaired by Baron Daniel Cardon to produce, there is a huge consumer was held at the Royal Palace in Brussels de Lichtbuer, Vice Chair of ICMEC and market for it, and there is virtually and brought together leaders from President of the European Federation. no risk, far less than drugs, guns The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) works with government throughout Europe. In addition to Ernie Allen, ICMEC’s President and or tobacco. leaders, nongovernmental organizations and law enforcement to create national and regional centers Queen Paola, also attending were CEO, was a featured speaker. Allen three other founding members of the committed that ICMEC would work The European Federation represents around the world to build a strong network of organizations and programs to combat child abduction International Centre for Missing & hand-in-hand with European leaders nineteen non-governmental and exploitation. ICMEC is a 501(c)(3) nongovernmental organization. Exploited Children’s Honorary Board: to combat this growing crisis. In organizations from fifteen countries Queen Silvia of Sweden; Madame his remarks, he cited a recent report throughout Europe. For more information or to make a donation contact: Bernadette Chirac, First Lady of France; by Tass, the Russian News Agency, and Mrs. Jolanta Kwasnieska, First Lady that organized criminals, extremist Copyright © 2005 International Centre for Missing & International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children of Poland. Also in attendance were organizations and terrorist groups Exploited Children. All rights reserved. Charles B. Wang International Children’s Building Princess Astrid of Belgium and Princess are increasingly moving into child ® International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Victoria of Sweden. 699 Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3175 USA is a registered service mark of the International Centre Tel 703-274-3900 Fax 703-549-4504 www.icmec.org for Missing & Exploited Children. Global Effort Costa Rica Becomes 16th Member Hoffmann La Roche Interpol Partnership Announced to Target Child of Global Network to Host Summit

Pornography The government of Costa Rica has as part of the global network that In October 2005, ICMEC will hold made a firm commitment to protect links websites around the world. the first US/European Summit on the The second international forum the children throughout Central The website enables Costa Rican growing problems of missing and on child pornography was held in America. Costa Rican President Abel law enforcement authorities to post exploited children. Pharmaceutical Lyon, France during April 2005, Pacheco announced plans to create a missing children information that giant Hoffmann La Roche will host the to implement a global effort to new missing and exploited children’s can immediately be viewed by other meeting in Switzerland. It will bring combat the problem of child center that will be located in Costa law enforcement agencies around together key leaders of government, pornography that is growing Rica, and launched a new missing and the world. Posters can be printed law enforcement, non-governmental around the world. A unique exploited children’s website. The directly from the website and organizations and business leaders public and private sector coalition plans were announced in September circulated minutes after a child is from Europe and the US. consisting of top law enforcement 2004, when a Memorandum of reported missing. leaders and officials from Europe, Agreement was signed with the South America, Asia and North International Centre for Missing & Other countries currently participating America pledged to work together Exploited Children. in the global network include in an international effort to protect Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, child victims and target offenders. Costa Rica becomes the sixteenth Canada, Chile, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Citing the growth of the Internet country to partner with ICMEC Mexico, the , South Africa, Microsoft Funds and a rampant growth of child in establishing a national website , the United Kingdom, and pornography websites, the group the United States. Global Training will undertake five steps. Left to Right: Arnold Burns, ICMEC Chairman; Ronald Noble, Interpol Secretary-General; More than 1,050 law–enforcement 1. Review and expand legislation Ernie Allen, ICMEC President & CEO, at Interpol Headquarters, Lyon, France. personnel from 77 countries worldwide to criminalize Hague Partnership to Combat have received specialized training on distribution and possession International Abductions investigative techniques to identify Interpol announced plans to partner The new Centre will monitor of child pornography, and distributors and users of child with the International Centre for international child pornography that require the reporting of child A new partnership between the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of pornography on the Internet. Funding Missing & Exploited Children and is distributed online, and create pornography by Internet Conference on Private International International Child Abduction. Of the for the training is being provided by establish a new International Child several new resources that will be Service Providers. Law located in The Netherlands, and current 75 member countries, many Microsoft Corporation. Pornography Resource Centre located available to law enforcement around the International Centre for Missing have limited experience in handling at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, the world. Image analysis to help 2. Eradicate child pornography & Exploited Children will provide child abduction cases. The training seminars are conducted France and at ICMEC headquarters in identify child victims of pornography, as a commercial enterprise victim parents with new resources in at sites around the world by the Alexandria, Virginia USA. as well as a new database of experts is by eliminating the use of the recovery and return of abducted ICMEC will work to facilitate more International Centre for Missing planned to help identify victims and credit cards to purchase it children around the world. uniform use of the Hague Convention and Exploited Children in partnership prosecute predators. on the Internet. in resolving international child with Interpol. The training on Each year thousands of children are abduction cases; work closely with the Computer Facilitated Crimes Against 3. Eliminate the ability of abducted and transported to other Permanent Bureau at The Hague in Children provides valuable training in pedophiles and predators to countries. It is a problem that affects creating a new “rule” book with model investigating online child predators, be anonymous. every nation. Abducted children legislation, judicial procedures and and collecting evidence and computer 4. Expand efforts on a worldwide suffer significant physical and guidelines on child abduction that will forensic information. basis to identify and provide help emotional harm and often feel isolated help individual countries implement Few Child Pornography Laws Found Training is being provided for law for child pornography victims. and alone. Victim parents often the existing treaty; and promote face difficult legal, financial, cultural international training for judges on enforcement agencies in all 180 In many nations, the distribution or To date, ICMEC has reviewed laws and linguistic barriers when trying how to resolve complex international member countries served by Interpol. 5. Increase awareness about possession of child pornography is not of 130 countries. Preliminary results to recover their child or gain access disputes surrounding abduction Since 2003, training sites have how the problem of child a crime. In many countries where it is are shocking. Only 5 of the 130 have to them. Despite laws and treaties, cases. ICMEC will also join with the included Argentina, Brazil, China, pornography has grown to illegal, laws are still inadequate. The adequate laws and almost half of the many children are not located. Hague Conference in a special effort Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Jordan, epidemic proportions. International Centre for Missing & 130 have no laws at all making child Many children who are found are to establish dialogue with countries Romania, Russia, South Africa and Exploited Children, working together pornography illegal. not returned to their country of origin who are not members of the Hague Spain. Future sites for training include The forum was hosted by the with Interpol, is reviewing the laws of due to legal and procedural problems. Convention, with special focus on New Zealand and Thailand. International Centre for Missing 180 countries served by Interpol to It is a difficult, complex problem. the Islamic world, in an effort to work & Exploited Children. determine if adequate laws exist to together on cases involving abductions address child pornography. ICMEC will reach out to the countries of children to those countries. who are participants of the Hague