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Quintana: trafficking, displacement and missing-children cases are active lines of inquiry
Summary
Quintana said displacement and trafficking are being pursued as possible explanations for many missing-person reports, and that the institution is following leads on Yazidi women believed taken to Syria and has identified roughly 600 named cases so far.
Carla Quintana told journalists the institution pursues multiple lines of inquiry, including disappearances tied to the previous regime, missing migrants and children, and abductions by armed groups such as Daish.
"We have been analyzing lots of information, and we have, gotten to, the conclusion that to this moment we have, the names of around a little bit more than 600 cases," Quintana said, adding that some of those named individuals have been reunited with families. She stressed the need to manage expectations because many leads require verification before families are notified.
Quintana said trafficking and displacement are active investigative avenues and that the institution is working with UNHCR and civil society organizations to track displaced people who may be alive in other locations. On Yazidi women reportedly taken from Sinjar, she said the office has had conversations with civil-society groups and with Iraqi counterparts but did not provide specific counts on recoveries.
