Does the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children investigate my CyberTipline report?
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is not a law-enforcement agency and does not have the authority to investigate and arrest perpetrators. However, each report is reviewed by NCMEC analysts, who examine and evaluate the content, add related information that would be useful to law enforcement, use publicly-available search tools to determine the geographic location of the apparent criminal act, and provide all information to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.
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