The first action undertaken by the European Commission in relation to this was to support, in 2001, the creation of a European network of organisations, the European Federation on Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, which is now called Missing Children Europe.
Det første, Kommissionen gjorde i relation til dette, var i 2001 at støtte etableringen af et europæisk netværk af organisationer, European Federation on Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, som nu hedder Missing Children Europa.