Interpol develops family DNA database to identify missing persons

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Interpol develops family DNA database to identify missing persons

A new Interpol database will make it possible to identify a missing person through the international comparison of family DNA data, the international police cooperation organisation announced.


But in the event that obtaining DNA from the missing person directly isn’t possible, the DNA of family members – parents, children or siblings – can be compared using this new database, which Interpol is calling I-Familia.

“I-Familia is a humanitarian tool that opens up many new possibilities to identify missing persons and to provide families with answers,” said Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock.

 

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Missing persons: Belgium cannot join Interpol DNA database

Interpol, the international police organisation, is this month launching a new DNA database to aid in identifying missing persons’ remains wherever they may be found.

However Belgium, which has just such a database of its own, will not be able to join the new network, because of a legal technicality.