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Keeping children #SafeOnline is everyone's responsibility. #DisruptingHarm's 4⃣ NEW Data Insights shine a light on online child sexual exploitation and abuse and: 🟣 the role of social media & caregivers 🟣 perpetrators of online harm 🟣 law enforcement interventions 🔗 Learn more: https://uni.cf/4bmsRau INTERPOL Safe Online UNICEF Innocenti #SaferInternetDay #SID2024

#SaferInternetDay Keeping children #SafeOnline is everyone's responsibility. #DisruptingHarm's 4⃣ NEW Data Insights shine a light on online child sexual exploitation and abuse, and on: 🟣the role of social media & caregivers 🟣perpetrators of online harm 🟣law enforcement interventions Explore the findings ➡ https://uni.cf/4bmsRau ECPAT International INTERPOL Safe Online

I am delighted to share a recent blog post on Informativo La Región that highlights an important development in #LZC. The post discusses the fulfillment of an arrest warrant by FGE against a suspected individual responsible for the sexual abuse of his 11-year-old niece. This news sheds light on the commitment of authorities to address such heinous crimes. To learn more about this case, please follow the link: https://ift.tt/8OwBGiq #LaRegion #socialjustice

HMICFRS have now published their report in respect of group-based child sexual exploitation, commonly described as grooming gangs. What is disappointing, is that the terms of reference were limited to CSE and that there was no consideration of policing responses to circumstances where adults (in particular those with LD or other cognitive impairment) are targeted by these gangs. Be keen to hear the experiences of others but I often find that group-based sexual exploitation of adults at risk is treated as a #safeguarding (or #CourtOfProtection) issue rather than a matter for the police. SF (Injunctive Relief) [2020] EWCOP 19 is a helpful example. The HMICFRS report can be found below: https://lnkd.in/ePd2ckpe

Given the infrastructural changes and process-level enhancements in the investigation and trial of sexual violence cases since 2020 under the SVRF, the province of Sindh is witnessing a substantial increase in the rate of convictions.

Sexual offences charge rates plummet in UK The number of recorded sexual offences resulting in a charge or summons has fallen to below 4% in some areas of the UK. A Freedom of Information request revealed that just 3.6% of recorded offences in the West Midlands resulted in a charge or summons, compared to 13.6% in 2016. The figures also showed a rise in the number of victims withdrawing from prosecutions or not supporting police investigations. London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Claire Waxman, called for urgent action to combat falling charge rates and highlighted the need for more trauma-informed training for police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). There is also a lengthy wait for court dates, with victims waiting up to five years for cases to come to court. Ms. Waxman is also advocating for a Victim Care Hub to prevent unnecessary delays.

Sexual offences charge rates plummet in UK The number of recorded sexual offences resulting in a charge or summons has fallen to below 4% in some areas of the UK. A Freedom of Information request revealed that just 3.6% of recorded offences in the West Midlands resulted in a charge or summons, compared to 13.6% in 2016. The figures also showed a rise in the number of victims withdrawing from prosecutions or not supporting police investigations. London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Claire Waxman, called for urgent action to combat falling charge rates and highlighted the need for more trauma-informed training for police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). There is also a lengthy wait for court dates, with victims waiting up to five years for cases to come to court. Ms. Waxman is also advocating for a Victim Care Hub to prevent unnecessary delays.

Sexual offences charge rates plummet in UK The number of recorded sexual offences resulting in a charge or summons has fallen to below 4% in some areas of the UK. A Freedom of Information request revealed that just 3.6% of recorded offences in the West Midlands resulted in a charge or summons, compared to 13.6% in 2016. The figures also showed a rise in the number of victims withdrawing from prosecutions or not supporting police investigations. London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Claire Waxman, called for urgent action to combat falling charge rates and highlighted the need for more trauma-informed training for police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). There is also a lengthy wait for court dates, with victims waiting up to five years for cases to come to court. Ms. Waxman is also advocating for a Victim Care Hub to prevent unnecessary delays.

Sexual offences charge rates plummet in UK The number of recorded sexual offences resulting in a charge or summons has fallen to below 4% in some areas of the UK. A Freedom of Information request revealed that just 3.6% of recorded offences in the West Midlands resulted in a charge or summons, compared to 13.6% in 2016. The figures also showed a rise in the number of victims withdrawing from prosecutions or not supporting police investigations. London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Claire Waxman, called for urgent action to combat falling charge rates and highlighted the need for more trauma-informed training for police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). There is also a lengthy wait for court dates, with victims waiting up to five years for cases to come to court. Ms. Waxman is also advocating for a Victim Care Hub to prevent unnecessary delays.