Tag Archives: abuse

The 45-year-old police officer who was serving at the Greek Parliament has been remanded in charges of rape, sexual abuse of minors and domestic violence on Tuesday. The man was arrested last week, following allegations by his 35-year-old wife who is also a police officer and is pregnant in their …

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One in 10 children aged up to 3 years who arrive at the children clinics of the National Health System (ESY) hospitals with injuries are victims of abuse. 25% of all fractures in children under the age of three is also due to abuse and 3% to 5% of these …

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A case of sexual exploitation of a minor who lives in Rethymno, Crete, has been revealed after a now 15-year-old girl gave birth to a child in the local hospital. The  girl from Bulgaria was at the city hospital accompanied by her mother, where she gave birth to a baby …

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Greek police have arrested a man accused of systematically abusing mentally handicapped people on videos live-streamed for paying customers on social media. The 35-year-old suspect was arrested in Aegaleo suburb of Piraeus on tuesday afternoon. He faces charges of human trafficking and causing bodily harm to vulnerable people, the police …

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Authorities in Rethymno, Crete, investigate the case of the sexual abuse and exploitation  of a minor girl and have already filed against 12 adult men. The victim is 15 years old now and has been reportedly sexually abused continuously for the last three years, that is since she was 12. …

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A white dog is being filmed tied with a rope on the back of a farm vehicle driving on a street of Xylokastro of Corinth on northern Peloponnese. The poor animal is literally struggling as hard as it can to keep pace with the car’s speed and to avoid falling …

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Animal abusers on the making: Underage riders raced on the back of donkeys in the middle of village Komi on the island of Lesvos. Other children are being videotaped to hit the defenseless animals in order to make them go faster during the donkey race. The donkeys raced in the …

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The owner of the carriage horse that collapsed and died while pulling a tourist carriage through a downtown street on Corfu on early Thursday afternoon has been arrested and fined 30,000 euros for animal abuse. At the same time, animal welfare societies stage a protest on Corfu on Friday morning …

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A new case of an appalling animal abuse was recorded on the island of Zakynthos: a 75-year-old man was dragging an elderly dog tied with a wire in the back of his car in Gaitani area. The appalling animal abuse was filmed by another motorist who gave it to the …

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The torture of a goat being dragged behind a car by a local driver on the island of Zakynthos was recorded by a shocked tourist. The perpetrator was soon identified and was fined with several thousands of euros for animal abuse. The 63-year-old driver had tied the animal on the …

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Outrage for the torturous death of a pregnant donkey in Koropi, village in eastern Attica: the poor animal was found laying on the ground, tied to a tree, its legs tangled to the ropes. ATTENTION: GRAPHIC IMAGES Traces on the soil showed that she was trying for hours to get …

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A 17-year-old boy fell victim of repeated beating and rape in a juvenile detention center where he was sentenced to stay behind bars for six months. A disciplinary investigation into the beating and rape of the boy in the detention center has been launched, even if with 1.5 month delay. …

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A Tae Kwon Do coach has been arrested in Athens on charges of serial rape of at least five underage female athletes in his gym in Ilioupolis, eastern Athens, from 2009 until 2020. The victims, now adults, filed against the 44-year-old coach, emphasizing that the man continues his actions even today …

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A 38-year-old man is accused of repeatedly raping his 4-year-old son and filming the acts with the help of the boy’s grandmother in a new case of sexual assault against a minor. The suspect is also facing charges of sexual acts with a minor under the age of 12, sexual …

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One of the well-known and most respectable children’s charities in Greece is under investigation for the sexual and physical abuse of at least a minor in one of its facilities. The children’s charity is an non-governmental organization that has helped thousands of Greek and migrant children since it was established …

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The prosecutor of Greece’s supreme Court intervened after a First Instance court in Halkida acquitted a 30-year-old man who kicked a cat into the sea in last May. Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos intervened to examine the correctness of the court on the island of Evia. The court’s reasoning for the acquittal …

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Child abuse in Greece has reached unrepresented levels during the pandemic and the sexual abuse of girls has doubled when compared to the previous years, data of the Forensic Department of Thessaloniki has shown. Media reports about the sexual abuse of children pop up now almost on a daily basis …

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A 67-year-old man was arrested on the island of Crete and fined with 15,600 euros for the torture of his dog with an electroshock collar. It was another resident of the area near Heraklio who filmed the dog’s abuse and denounced the incident to police. A video posted on social …

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The donkey that was brutally abused being dragged by a pick-up truck for about one kilometer in Zitsa was euthanized late on Tuesday night. The decision was taken and performed by two equine veterinarians sent to the abuser’s farm by the Panhellenic Animal Welfare Federation and the Animal Welfare Society …

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The young donkey, a victim of brutal abuse, has been located by a local animal welfare society and will be transferred to Attica for treatment. The animal was tied to a pick-up truck of the deputy mayor of the area and was dragged over 700 meters through the village of …

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