International Parental Child Abduction is on the rise throughout the world each year. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was created to aid in the recovery of wrongfully abducted children and bring them back to their place of Habitual residence. Currently there are 84 countries that have signed up to The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, however, due to lengthy processes throughout the courts, the majority of kidnapped children do not get returned back to their country of Habitual Residence even though the courts issue a return order.

The majority of these kidnappings are a traumatic ordeal for the victims. More often than not the children are taken by masked men and bundled into a car to be taken to the kidnapper, who they then realise is their parent who has no legal custody over the child.

The people who are hired to do this horrendous ordeal are not professionals, have no duty of care to the child and do it solely for making some quick money. More often than not, and it has been seen time and time again in the press when these ‘teams’ are arrested, they are tattoo artists, door bouncers, taxi drivers who often are found out to have prior criminal records.

I have put a team together to conduct operations to return these children back to their homes, back to their families. All personnel are ex military and are qualified in Close protection, certified by the SIA Authority in the United Kingdom. Part of this process is a complete background check. This ensures we are able to protect our client/child during the operation. All personnel are also highly trained medics who have served in the military and private sector in hostile areas around the world.

Costs are incurred with the process of locating and retrieving these children but we do not want the parents to have to become financially unstable to achieve their goal of bringing their family back together.