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It's all about digital footprint. Waldo is older and not as active so he might be harder. Carmen is very active on social media and younger demographics so perhaps easier. However, A lot of people follow Waldo and we know he likes to go to the gym and is always buying new hats so that could make things easier. Carmen's base is San Diego so that is easier than Waldo as he is always hiding. Carmen also has more infrastructure that is likely registered in her name so again, she would be easier. So, in summary, I would say Carmen would be easier to find simply due to her digital footprint.

Oh boy. There are a lot of reasons but some of the common ones we see a lot are: human trafficking, run aways, child abductions, drug addictions, and suicide.

This is a great question and something we are very careful with. We put a lot of time into designing our scope of operations to ensure we don't cause harm. Part of that scope is to ensure all the data we collect is open source. To do that we request all submissions come with a link so we can validate it. This means a lot more work for us but at least we can ensure its all open and not behind a paywall or non open source. Thanks.

Our contestants have done some amazing work at putting together intelligence that provides law enforcement with actionable intelligence to immediately act upon. This often allows a case to be reopened and the families with new updates. At most of our events we get "location" flags submitted and then as a team we vet this intelligence. We frequently have location information we provide to law enforcement. However, our scope prevents us from any follow up and we don't know what happens after we provide this information to law enforcement. So hard to say how many exactly. This is the nature of ensuring we don't overstep into police territory. This has to be one of our toughest questions to answer so hope I did our members justice with it. :)

Everyday. We had to create an op onboarding form on our website because we get so many. The industry needs help and we are doing our best. However, there is a lot of room for improvement at every level. I feel terrible when I see some of these cases. Our members do their best to provide some tangible intelligence the police can then action. We are making a difference and I see positive change at a global level. Our recent event in Australia was amazing. We had government, law enforcement and the families all in the room with our contestants. This is an example of a progressive government who is embracing technology to bring value to those families. The really interesting thing is when we sit down at an event with both the family and law enforcement and talk through what we found. We can see the families appreciate this extra effort. Even if we don't find anything, law enforcement often appreciates the effort as well since it shows they did everything they could.