Following the parliamentary question on the use of European funds for objectives other than those for which they had been allocated, Childfocus and the European Federation of the Missing and Sexually Exploited Children gave their accountancy to Aldo Patriciello, member of the anti-fraud section. Over three million euro of subsidies and donations are spent every year in expenses and wages, with priority in travels and a library on paedophile criminality. In 2005, public charity brought substantial interest: 42.005-euro of net benefits, after a 52.714-euro discount for "depreciation on fixed assets".

At the basis, the Counsel of Europe had asked a study on the European organisation active in the research of missing and sexually exploited children. Childfocus had just founded the European federation for missing and sexually exploited children, and the mission was entrusted to them.

It occurred that in Romania, four organisations had been listed without their knowledge, and allotted objectives other than theirs. The Romanian partner of Childfocus said to have a "special agreement" with the police, specifying that it would help the victims only at the request of the police, but the police would never asked them so. As a result, they never assisted victims.

The case had generated a great emotion in Italy, where the most famous organisations where missing of repertory, and the Italian partner organisation had been created five weeks before the launching of the project. Childfocus did not answer to the requests of accounts for the European funds as it is the duty of any recipients of these funds, towards Europeans who pay them with their taxes. The organisation "Troviamo I Bambini" contacted a Member of the Italian Parliament, who alerted Mr. Patriciello, Member of the European Parliament. Childfocus and the European Federation thus had to give their accountancy.

Of the two organisations, Childfocus wins the most of gold mine and proves to be the main financing source of the Federation with which it has in common the goals, the president, the premises and the telephone line: this is to say everything except the accountancy. Of 3.023.005-euro subsidies and donations perceived in 2005, Childfocus allocates approximately 84.5% (2.544.725-euro) in wages, fees, entertainment expenses, travel and specific financial aid, for approximately 2,5% (78.854-euro) in information campaigns, which obviously includes the publicity to sell their products. The remainder is spent in equipment, supplies, design, registration of trade mark, rent, post and telecommunication. In two years, a sum of 95.648-euro (3.9 million FB) was spent in documentation. This seems to be explained by the library on paedophile criminality left at the disposition of the public in Brussels, what is not of a great help to the children that are exploited in the brothels.

No spending appears for the effective research of missing children and as the original parliamentary question was related to the use of the "Daphne" European funds, Childfocus answers that the objective of this program is not summarized in the search of missing children. This is true, as if the initial objective of Daphne was to give to the civil society the means required to avoid new Dutroux cases, it was widened to the fight against violence towards women, children and the groups at risk. Yet, the objective of Childfocus, at the side of the European Federation of Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, is well to find these children. A request of subsidies of such an NGO is thus given only to help it achieving these aims, and none other.

Daniel Cardon, president de Childfocus, had explained to the Foundation Princess of Croÿ and the Werkgroep Morkhoven that the defect of assistance to six children fallen in the nets of the Nihoul/Nigeria network and to the victims of the Zandvoort network, which counted 90.081 children in 1998, was a question of priorities. It appears today that these priorities were summarized in buying a library, and selling key-rings, little rabbits and balloons, whereas urgent measures were asked to prevent that adults would carry on to convince children placed in Flemish institutions, to runaway in Holland, where several had been forced to prostitution.

Should, in the absence of effective research missing children, the EU could be satisfied with 2,5% of campaigns of information and publicity to sell trifle, will it accept that the efforts are made for the fructification of the funds, while refusing assistance to children in danger.