Expanding Our Reach: Working with BBC World Service

In 2025, Locate International began working with the BBC World Service to bring greater visibility to cases involving missing and unidentified people.

This collaboration provides us with an expanded media platform from which to raise awareness of unresolved cases and the wider issues surrounding identification and long-term disappearance.

A National and International Platform

Through an upcoming podcast series, our work will reach audiences across the UK and internationally.

Media exposure plays a vital role in investigations. Increased awareness can:

• Generate new public leads

• Prompt individuals to come forward with information

• Renew attention on long-standing cold cases

• Encourage broader public understanding of identification work

Keeping cases visible matters. Public attention often leads to renewed investigative momentum.

Generating Public Leads

The forthcoming series will help ensure that unresolved cases remain in the public consciousness.

For families, media coverage can offer renewed hope that someone, somewhere, may recognise a detail, recall a memory, or connect a piece of information that moves a case forward.

For our organisation, it strengthens our ability to engage directly with communities and encourage responsible information-sharing.

Raising Awareness, Driving Impact

Working with BBC World Service reflects growing recognition of the importance of independent case review and investigative analysis in cases involving missing and unidentified people.

By combining professional investigation with responsible media engagement, we aim to generate meaningful leads while maintaining the dignity and sensitivity each case deserves.

We look forward to sharing more details as the series progresses.