LONDON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Scotland has recorded a sharp drop in missing persons cases following the rollout of a national framework aimed at prevention and inter-agency cooperation, the Scottish Government said Wednesday.
Police investigations into missing people fell from nearly 23,000 in 2017/18 to about 14,700 in 2024/25, official data showed. Repeat disappearances also declined, with one in three cases now involving the same individual, compared with one in two previously.
