Category Archive for : ‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION’

February 25, 2021
Karolina Tagaris, Angeliki Koutantou
US News

ATHENS (REUTERS) – Greece will toughen laws to combat sexual abuse and protect minors, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday following a cascade of recent scandals in culture and sport.

“Greek society underwent a shock when it began to learn about its hidden facades,” Mitsotakis told parliament.

The measures he outlined include stricter penalties for crimes against sexual freedom, changing the statute of limitations for cases of child abuse, creating a registry for professionals who work with children and a website where victims can submit

January 18, 2021
Jiovanni Lieggi
KLFY

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A Lafayette man is in jail tonight after attempting to solicit a minor online.
If convicted of his crimes, 33-year-old Brandon Leon would be required to register as a sex offender, joining the almost two thousand other convicts.
Leon was arrested on Jan. 17, 2021 for several charges including indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer aided solicitation of a minor. If convicted, Leon could face over two decades in prison for his alleged actions.
“Especially since the pandemic, it seems to have exacerbated the problem

January 12, 2021
Kirby Wilson
Miami Herald

During the most recent fiscal year, 92 children alleged that they were sexually abused by foster parents. Just six of those allegations were verified by the state.
Zero children under the age of 5 had their complaints substantiated.
Those numbers aren’t good enough, said Chad Poppell, secretary of Florida’s Department of Children and Families. On Tuesday, he announced a new initiative aimed at helping officials detect sexual abuse reported by Florida’s most at-risk children: After an abuse allegation against a state-licensed caregiver is investigated, an oversight team will

January 7, 2021
Kim Hae-yeon
Korea Herald

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will more than double the number of staff at government agencies supporting victims of digital sex crimes, from 17 in 2020, to 39 this year.

The services provided by the Digital Sexual Crime Victim Support Center, established by the Women’s Human Rights Institute of Korea under the ministry, includes victim counseling, help getting illegal videos deleted, investigative support, litigation support, and post-monitoring.

Since its launch in April 2018, the Digital Sexual Crime Victim Support Center has directly contacted and supported victims

December 14, 2020
Jacob Baumgart
Patch

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Predators have taken advantage of kids’ increased screen time during the coronavirus pandemic, the Maryland State police said. Potential cases of child sexual exploitation have skyrocketed, the agency added.
Through Dec. 7, state police had received 5,433 tips notifying the agency of potential sex crimes against children. That’s up from the 3,248 reported in all of 2019.
About 80 percent of this year’s tips come from one of six jurisdictions. Those places are listed below with their 2019 and 2020 counts through November of each year.

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December 3, 2020
Elizabeth Thompson
Dallas News

Sen. John Cornyn has ramped up pressure on a House chairman who has stalled his bill aimed at curbing child sex abuse, demanding that Education and Labor Chairman Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia let the bill get a vote before time runs out this month.

The Senate gave unanimous approval in September to the bipartisan Jenna Quinn Law, introduced by the Texas Republican and Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat.

Cornyn made the bill a centerpiece of his reelection campaign, and Quinn, a Texan who was