the technology currently being used by amber alert europe builds on the technology already used in the netherlands since 2008 for the dutch amber alert plan. the first cross-border child alert organised by amber alert europe was issued in the early morning of the 8th of may 2013 for two dutch brothers. the boys' photo was displayed on large screens in the belgian province of limburg and in north rhine-westphalia (germany) and has received extensive media attention in the netherlands, belgium and germany. the bodies of the children have been found at 19 may 2013 near cothen (the netherlands).