The Problem

Every day, thousands of fugitives pass through police checkpoints undetected — and missing persons get even less dedicated technology.

It is not a lack of policing. It is the gap between the volume of people stopped every day and the speed at which any human procedure, no matter how well trained, can check each one of them.

Why Tofind

Most fixed cameras today were built to search for fugitives, not for people who went missing.

306,000outstanding arrest warrants in Brazil (BNMP/CNJ)
183people go missing every day nationwide, on average
44.8%police staffing deficit — forces operate at 55.2% of the legally required level (FBSP)

TOFIND exists to cover exactly that gap: vector identification in the officer's pocket, on any road, with or without a connection, without relying on manual typing or a fixed camera.

Missing Persons

Finding someone who vanished is just as urgent as catching someone on the run — and gets far less dedicated technology.

A missing-person case is not a crime. Because of that, it rarely opens a formal police inquiry, and rarely enters the same databases that feed fixed facial-recognition cameras — built to search for fugitives, not for people who went missing. TOFIND was designed to cover that gap, with a tool that fits in an officer's pocket at any point of contact.

90,256disappearances of minors (0–17) recorded in Brazil between 2021 and April 2025
55,400were located — but more than 34,000 remain unresolved
57children and teenagers go missing every day, on average, in the same period

Source: Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP), 2021–Apr/2025 data. Five states did not submit complete 2025 data — real figures may be higher.

Where field identification makes a difference

Unlike a fixed police checkpoint, a disappearance has no set time or place. TOFIND works wherever an officer is stationed — without depending on a pre-installed camera.

Streets and avenues
Highways and gas stations
Ports
Airports
Bus terminals
Aboard buses

Human trafficking: sexual exploitation is now the leading purpose recorded in Brazil

Human trafficking in Brazil recorded a 33% increase in victims between 2024 and 2025, with sexual exploitation as the leading purpose — including 3,651 mapped points on federal highways, mostly at gas stations.

Sources: National Report on Human Trafficking (MJSP/UNODC, 2026); Asbrad/PRF/Childhood Brasil.

It is exactly at these points — bus terminals, highway stops, transit checks — that an offline tool, loadable with a missing-persons watchlist, turns a routine check into a real chance of finding someone.

See how TOFIND works