Child abuse

All four political parties in the Turkish parliament have jointly agreed to launch a parliamentary inquiry into cases of sexual abuse against children following a tense debate late March 23, when the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) rejected the opposition's motion for an in-depth investigation on specific child abuse cases in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman. 

The 52-year-old husband of a school canteen owner is facing a number of charges of child molestation. The man operated a school canteen at the region of North-East Attica and was found sexually molesting a 10-year-old child and other children under the age of 12.

Three New Zealanders have been arrested and convicted for participation in an international child exploitation ring following an investigation organized by the New Zealand police and America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in collaboration with law enforcement agencies in Greece as well as Australia, Canada, France, Romania, Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine (HSFM) carried out a study on child suicide and found that Greece has the lowest child suicide rate in Europe. The suicide rate among Greece’s minors is 0.4 per 100,000 for boys and 0.11 per 100,000 for girls.

One way to fight against sexual abuse of children is Net Patrol - an electronic service that citizens can use to prevent the spread of child pornography.

Those who come across disturbing illegal content online can report it via this page

Four children in every average school class  [25-30 pupils] in Serbia have experienced some kind of sexual violence but only 7 per cent of those who knew of such cases have reported this to the authorities, the results of the first National Study On Child Sexual Abuse show.

Greece’s relevant on Tuesday reverted to his criminologist background in predicting that a man charged this week with killing his four-year-old daughter will either commit suicide or die “a violent death”!

A Syrian refugee has found a missing three-year-old girl at the railway station of the southeastern city of Gaziantep, delivering her to the police in the early hours of Jan. 6.

Medical examinations show the girl had been sexually abused and beaten, with cuts across her body. However, doctors say her condition was not life-threatening.

A 77-year-old man was arrested for child molestation in central Athens on Tuesday night.

Authorities said that the man was caught leaving a hotel in the Omonia area with a 12-year-old girl.

The suspect is alleged to have paid the youngster money to accompany him to the hotel, where he is believed to have molested her.

Some 650 cases of child abuse are being registered at the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) every month, according to figures provided by the Justice Ministry in response to a parliamentary question.

Some 916 cases were waiting to be inspected by forensic officials at the end of last year, the data also showed.