Child sexual abuse

Modi’in Illit man indicted over alleged sexual offense against 12-year-old girl

The 33-year-old allegedly drove to a nearby forest with the girl in the car, where he stopped the vehicle in daylight, exposed himself, and demanded that the girl perform a sexual act.

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.
Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group "Unchained at Last" put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the State House to call for an end to child marriages in Boston, Massachusetts on September 22, 2021.

California legislature votes to ban child marriage and empower forced marriage victims

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.

Mother, partner indicted over alleged sexual abuse of four children

: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 12, 2026.

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Teenager indicted for raping 10-year-old girl during burglary

The indictment details that after breaking into the room where the girl and her younger siblings were sleeping, the young man laid next to her and began licking and biting her face.

Abuse of minors.

Young Pakistani activist fights forced child marriage

Hadiqa Bashir works in Swat Valley, until recently a Pakistani Taliban stronghold.

Hadiqa Bashir, 19, has been actively working against early and forced marriages for the last eight years in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once a hotbed of the Pakistani Taliban.

Ghislaine Maxwell denied seeing Jeffrey Epstein being massaged in New York

More than 100 documents from that lawsuit were made public late on Wednesday night in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

Four minors detained on suspicion of raping nine-year-old girl - report

The boys, who are between the ages of 11-14, all deny the claims made against them.

A CHILD abuse victim is portrayed in this illustrative photo

Nissenkorn signs extradition order for Malka Leifer

Sex abuser has one last delay tactic.

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

Seven indicted for sex crimes against minors after undercover operation

Adding Tuesday's indictments, the undercover sting operation has so far resulted in a total of 28 indictments being filed against 28 different defendants.

Malka Leifer, An Ultra orthodox teacher wanted in Australia for child sex abuse, seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 29, 2020.

Outrage as school teacher who committed indecent acts receives light sentence

"What message is conveyed to the victim? To children in general? What message is conveyed to the offenders?"

An empty school is seen after Israel shut schools as part of precautionary measures against coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2020

Sexual, physical, verbal abuse of youth spiked during coronavirus crisis

"I won't wait for the coronavirus to kill me. I'll do it myself," said S., a 17-year-old girl, to a mobile Elem unit.

Elem President Nava Barak discusses the report on abuse with President Reuven Rivlin, July 5, 2020

In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban

The government raised the marriage age for girls from 16 to 19 in September, but rights groups fear deep-rooted traditions and the practice of not registering unions could hamper efforts.

Wedding ring (illustrative)

Jeffrey Epstein kept secret diaries with lists of visitors

The diaries, according to the Mirror, mention some of the world's elite leaders and politicians.

Jeffrey Epstein looks on during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York