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Child Abuse

More Than 1,254 Child Abuse Cases Reported in 2014

More than 600 cases of child abuse involving 1,254 children were reported to The Smile of the Child organization through October 2014. The Smile of the Child is a non-profit organization that handles all issues pertaining to the protection and...

Greek Policemen Involved in Child Pornography Case

Greek Cyber Crime Police Unit has found evidence on men who paid a foreign site to allow them to watch young children being abused and tortured. Greek police in co-operation with Interpol have tracked down all personal data concerning five...

Cypriot Businessman Arrested on Child Sex Charges

Eminent Larnaca businessman Akis Lefkariti and another man have been arrested by Cyprus police on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, it emerged last week. Fifty-seven year-old Lefkariti and 35 year-old Nikos Nikolaou from Oroklini, near Larnaca, have been held in...

Stiffer Draft Bill Against Child Abuse and Pornography

The Greek Ministry of Justice is forming a new bill of eighteen provisions in an effort to deal with the sexual abuse and exploitation of children as well as child pornography. The new bill, which will be presented in the...

Lydia Giannakopoulou: "My Mother Would Say My Life Was Hers"

The Greek writer Lydia Giannakopoulos has given many interviews in television and magazines, while promoting her new book “To chadi tis miteras” (A mother’s caress) that quickly became popular in Greece. The autobiographical book is about her childhood and...

7-year-old Says His Parents Abused Him After They Claimed He Was Missing

The local community of Thessaloniki is in shock after the revelation of a child abuse case by his own parents, members of the court of the city. The two judges went to police and declared the disappearance of their...