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Child Focus

Belgian foundation

Child Focus (or the European Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children) is a Belgian foundation that supports prevention and investigation of missing children, abducted children, runaway children, and sexually exploited children, along with psychological and legal support to the victims. They also follow their cases and sometimes ensure they are treated with due care by the persons in charge. Finally, they help and spread the information about missing children by publishing their pictures and descriptions in newspapers, magazines, etc.2 It was founded by Jean-Denis Lejeune and Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 25, 1997Founded1
  • Industryinternational activities1
  • HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium1
  • Websitewww.childfocus.be
  • Legal formpublic utility foundation1
  • Kind of organizationFoundation1
  • LEI8755000UFYBKGDCWZG443
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressAvenue Houba de Strooper 292, 1020 Laeken, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 04614492893

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Child Focus (or the European Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children) is a Belgian foundation that supports prevention and investigation of missing children, abducted children, runaway children, and sexually exploited children, along with psychological and legal support to the victims. They also follow their cases and sometimes ensure they are treated with due care by the persons in charge. Finally, they help and spread the information about missing children by publishing their pictures and descriptions in newspapers, magazines, etc.2

The story

Founded by Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer and Jean-Denis Lejeune on Sep 25, 1997.1

Child Focus was created on Jean-Denis Lejeune's initiative in June 1996, one year after the abduction of his daughter Julie and her friend Melissa by Marc Dutroux.

Lejeune had learned about the existence of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington, D.C., and went to visit it in order to study its structure. During the White March in Brussels on October 20, 1996, he asked Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene for help in creating a similar organization in Belgium. Its honorary president is her Majesty Queen Paola.

On March 31, 1998, Child Focus was fully operational, and in July 1997, Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer became the first Chairman of the organization.

From Wikipedia’s article on Child Focus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Timeline

  1. Sep 25, 1997Founded Founded1

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