Child sexual abuse

After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.”

A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.
Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

Sam Kellner poses in his attorney's office in Brooklyn, nearly two decades into his legal journey as a whistleblower in his Hasidic community.

Federal judge allows lawsuit by Hasidic sex-abuse whistleblower against NYC to proceed

Police car at night

Police seek more victims of Tiberias chess instructor accused of sexually assaulting young children


Mazkeret Batya man indicted for posing as woman to orchestrate child sex crimes  

The suspect, Uri Alfi, is accused of multiple crimes, including causing sodomy rape and indecent acts against children and family members.

 A courtroom (illustrative)

Online neo-Nazi group members arrested on federal charges for exploiting minors

The online group operated in California, and actively supporting neo-Nazism, nihilism, and pedophilia as the core principles.

FBI van in Texas

Father accused of sexual abuse of daughter, dealing in child pornography

The man was accused of dealing his daughter's photos in order to receive more child pornography.

 A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

Parents attempt to honor kill teenage daughter in Washington after refusing arranged marriage

The teenage girl was choked by her parents outside her school in Washington, for reportedly refusing to travel to Iraq to marry an older man.

Picture of Timberline HS Campus - Lacey, Washington

Yariv Levin opposes bill to end statute of limitations on child sex crimes

A bill was put forward to end the statute of limitations on child sex abuse, making it easier for victims to file complaints. Justice Minister Yariv Levin opposes, fearing innocents being accused.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

US receives thousands of reports of AI-generated child abuse content in growing risk

The NCMEC has not yet published the total number of child abuse content reports from all sources that it received in 2023, but in 2022 it received reports of about 88.3 million files.

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Why has Facebook flagged searches of chicken soup as 'child sexual abuse'?

Translations of "chicken soup" in other languages are believed to act as coded language to post child pornography on social media without a trace.

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

1/4 Israelis have been sexually abused. How can we stop these predators? - opinion

According to some estimates, there are some 200 known abusers in Israel, many of whom fled from other countries to avoid prosecution.

 Chaim Walder

Scottish child sex abuse witchcraft ring case sees 11 charged - report

The defendants face 32 different charges for crimes against children, such as raping them, making them take part in witchcraft classes, making them try to commune with demons, and more.

 Illustrative image of an arrest.

Malka Leifer gets 15 years in prison for rape of Jewish students in Australia

The ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal was found guilty of abusing two sisters.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem