in april 2015 a cross border child alert had been issued for a 10-year-old girl from szczecin, poland, close to the german border. in close cooperation with the german authorities and the ngo initiative vermisste kinder the polish child alert was also spread in germany. via social media and large screens at railway stations german citizens were asked to be on the lookout for the missing child. additionally, the alert was also disseminated by amber alert europe, amber alert netherlands and the recently launched amber alert slovakia.