Missing Persons Project

Welcome to the website of the Missing Persons Project of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). The project aims to assist family members and authorities in solving cases of civilian disappearances.

From a survey carried out in 2017 by (CARAFFI, 2017) it was observed that, on average, 8 people disappear in Brazil every hour. The study, carried out throughout the Brazilian territory, evaluated the disappearance scenario in the period from 2007 to 2016. It was found, among all states, the record of 694,007 disappeared during the 10 years, approximately 69,400 people disappeared per year.

As a recent study, the analysis in question emphasizes the frequency of cases related to civilian disappearance in the country, showing that this is an important phenomenon to be studied. In this project, the automatic dissemination of disappearance notes is carried out on social networks, in order to improve and facilitate the dissemination of information about disappearances. All data used in the project are collected from the websites of NGOs and government agencies that work to solve cases of disappearances.

After collecting cases of disappearances, we found influential people on social networks who can help disseminate information. We invite you to participate in the dissemination of cases by sending, sporadically, messages containing warnings about the disappearances of people, mostly children, and we hope that these users use their influence on the social network to disseminate the information. The more people who help us, the greater the visualization of these cases!

Among the information sources used for data collection, are:

• http://www.criancadesaparecida.org

• http://www.soscriancasdesaparecidas.rj.gov

• http://www.desaparecidos.gov.br

• http://www.desaparecidos.mg.gov.br

• http://www.desaparecidos.pr.gov.br

• http://www.desaparecidosdobrasil.org

• See all in Disappearances in Brazil

More information about the project:

• Articles published by the team on the topic: http://bit.ly/SBSI_19

• Cases of missing civilians collected: http://desaparecidos.ice.ufjf.br/index.php/sobre

Our team is made up of professors and graduates from UFJF:

• Caio Souza de Oliveira (Undergrad Student in Computer Science)

• Lívia Pereira Ozório (Undergrad Student in Computer Science)

• Jorão Gomes Jr. (Master's student in Computer Science)

• Jairo Francisco de Souza (DSc)

• Victor Ströele (DSc)