The search for missing persons never expires, and police officers in Montenegro, immediately after receiving a report of disappearance, undertake measures and actions with the aim of finding them, which is not the practice of the police in the region.
This was said in an interview with the PR Center by the head of investigative activities in the Criminal Police Department, Saša Đurović.
He said that in 2018, 187 persons were reported missing to the Police Directorate, of which 185 were found and claims were suspended for them, while two persons are still being searched for.
"Out of the stated number of 187 missing persons, 82 minors were reported missing and all were found. During the first nine months of this year, 131 persons were reported missing. On the basis of field and operational work, the police administration found 131 persons for whom claims were suspended, out of a total of 123 missing persons, eight persons are still being actively searched for. Out of 131 people, 40 minors were reported missing. "All minors have been found," said Đurović.
According to him, in most cases, the family, relatives, locals, social and other institutions report the missing person, according to the place of residence of the missing person, to the competent center or the security department of the Police Administration.
"The criminal police sector immediately after the disappearance informs all police organizational units on the territory of Montenegro and urgently orders the undertaking of intensified measures of all forms of controls, operational checks, and especially controls at border crossings," said Đurović.
He explained that, after receiving a missing person report, all security centers and departments create a file on a missing person, which contains all operational and police information.
"First of all, I'm thinking of all the information gathered from the family, the motive for moving away from home, the psychological profile of the person and the social conditions of the missing person," said Đurović.
He said that, after the information collected and operational checks carried out, search measures are immediately taken in the place of the digestive tract, "national search measures are taken in the entire territory of Montenegro and, if necessary, through Interpol, the police in the region or abroad are informed".
"This means that we have operational knowledge that the missing person is in the region or somewhere further afield," explained Đurović.
As part of those search measures, he added, printed or electronic media must be used, by providing a photo and description of the missing person.
"Field checks, checks in state institutions (student dormitories, health institutions, educational and religious institutions, catering establishments) are also intensively undertaken," said Đurović.
Also, as he said, telephone traffic is checked and located at the same time, "and field searches, inspections, searches, tours of open and closed spaces in the place of residence, where there is operational knowledge that persons gather there, are continuously undertaken".
When asked what are the most common causes of a person's disappearance, Đurović explained that previous police activities undertaken within the framework of this issue show that the most common causes of disappearance or removal from home are primarily family problems.
"Then, tendency to antisocial or deviant behavior, psychosomatic, emotional, financial, bad grades and problems in school institutions. "These are the most common causes of moving away, that is, the disappearance of a person," said Đurović.
Asked how long it takes for a person to be considered missing and for the police to take action, Đurović said that immediately after receiving a report of a disappearance, police officers take measures and actions to find the missing person.
"It is not the practice of the police in the region that 24 hours pass, and some 48 hours. Officials of the Police Administration of Montenegro immediately undertake measures and actions," explained Đurović.
The search for missing persons, as he pointed out, does not become obsolete.
"It is renewed both locally and nationally and internationally until they are found or the lifeless body is found. "Only the competent court can issue a decision on declaring a missing person dead, in accordance with the Law on Non-Litigational Procedure," said Đurović.
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