April, 2015
NBI raids cybersex den in Pateros
April 23, 2015 ·
Rappler.com Published 10:03 PM, Mar 06, 2015 Updated 10:03 PM, Mar 06, 2015 The tip about the den comes from the US Department of Homeland Security MANILA, Philippines – A tip from the US Department of Homeland security led the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday, March 6, to a house in Pateros, Metro […]
Read More...UN report: 2014 saw extremists use of rape, sexual slavery
April 23, 2015 ·
UN report: 2014 saw extremists use of rape, sexual slavery AP | Apr 14, 2015, 11.30AM IST By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS: UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said 2014 was marked by harrowing accounts of rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage being used by extremists including the Islamic State group and Boko Haram.In […]
Read More...St. Louis Archbishop Didn’t Know Sex With Children Was a Crime
April 22, 2015 ·
The St. Louis archbishop embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal testified last month that he didn’t know in the 1980s whether it was illegal for priests to have sex with children, according to a court deposition released Monday. Archbishop Robert Carlson, who was chancellor of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul at the time, […]
Read More...3 countries investigate fishing slavery reported by AP
April 22, 2015 ·
By ROBIN MCDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Apr. 2, 2015 6:53 PM ET BENJINA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials from three countries are traveling to remote islands in eastern Indonesia to investigate how thousands of foreign fishermen were abused and forced into catching seafood that could end up in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. A week after […]
Read More...Scout leader faces Ipswich court on child exploitation charges after CCC raid
April 21, 2015 · By (Credit to ABC News Au)
A south-east Queensland scout leader has been released on bail after facing court charged with producing child exploitation material and indecent treatment of a child. Brock Emil Dittman, 30, from West Ipswich, west of Brisbane, appeared in the Ipswich Magistrates Court today on 26 child exploitation offences. Dittman was targeted in a covert […]
Read More...Scottish child abuse investigation unit is unveiled
April 21, 2015 · By (Credit to BBC News )
A national task force aimed at tackling child sex abuse in Scotland has been formally launched. The National Child Abuse Investigation unit was unveiled by Police Scotland Chief Constable Stephen House and Education Minister Angela Constance. The unit, based in Livingston, will help local divisions investigate child sexual abuse. It will investigate both current and […]
Read More...4 children rescued from Canadian in Cebu going to province’s child care facility
April 19, 2015 ·
4 children rescued from Canadian in Cebu going to province’s child care facility (Joel Locsin, GMA Network, April 16, 2015 6:38am) Four children rescued from a Canadian national in Bogo City in Cebu earlier this month have been turned over to the Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children. Cebu vice governor and PCWC chairperson […]
Read More...Sold by mothers: The child sex trade in Cambodia
April 19, 2015 ·
Sold by mothers: The child sex trade in Cambodia (CNN, By Lisa Cohen, Updated 10:45 AM PHT Tue, April 7, 2015) (CNN) — When Kieu was 12, her mother asked her to take a job. But not just any job. Kieu was first examined by a doctor, who issued her a “certificate of virginity.” She was […]
Read More...IWF took down over 31,000 child sexual abuse URLs in 2014
April 18, 2015 ·
IWF took down over 31,000 child sexual abuse URLs in 2014 (The Register UK, Alexander Martin, 15 Apr 2015 at 08:32) Last year saw a 136 per cent increase in identified and subsequently removed child abuse imagery, according to a just-released report from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). In its Annual Report for 2014, the body revealed […]
Read More...Mother’s support is vital for sexually abused children – study
April 18, 2015 ·
Mother’s support is vital for sexually abused children – study (GMA Network, Madeline Kennedy, March 26, 2015 6:08pm) Sexually abused children whose mothers believe them and offer comfort are less likely to suffer from anger and depression, according to a recent US study. “Disclosing sexual abuse can be a very stressful process for a child, […]
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