National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against children

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Child with teddy bear
Crime
Reports of child sex abuse increased 20 percent in four years
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Sea containers stacked on top of each other in the Maasvlakte harbor in the port of Rotterdam
Crime
Human trafficking reports on the rise in the Netherlands; Especially more child victims
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Police officers
Crime
Evidence of human trafficking often badly handled by investigators, says gov’t advisor
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Empty beds in a shelter
Politics
Closure of Utrecht facility puts Ukrainian refugees at risk of human trafficking
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A teenage girl suffering from depression.
Crime
Half of human trafficking, child sex exploitation perpetrators start before age 25
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Child with teddy bear
Crime
Family member, acquaintance the likely perpetrator in over half of child sex abuse cases
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Sex worker on a bed
Business
Sharp increase in illegal sex work in the Netherlands
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Protestors gathered in Amsterdam call for an end to the war in Ukraine and Russia's withdrawal from that country. 24 Feb. 2023
Crime
Netherlands has too little insight into exploitation of Ukrainians: Rapporteur
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Sex worker on a bed
Crime
Third of sexual exploitation perpetrators commit crime again within 2 years
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Secondary school students
Crime
Teenagers more often victims of sexual violence: study
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Human trafficking illustration
Crime
Netherlands among worst nations for human trafficking, but number of reports declining
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Human trafficking illustration
Crime
Half of human trafficking survivors fall victim again within 7 years
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Child with teddy bear
Crime
Hundreds of NL kids sexually exploited during pandemic
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Child with teddy bear
HealthCrime
Netherlands is failing to protect children against sexual violence: National Rapporteur
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Crime
Too little supervision on human trafficking convicts: National Rapporteur
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Justice scales and the Amsterdam flag
Crime
Amsterdam to focus on new approach for helping sex crime victims
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Bunk beds
Crime
Vietnamese kids missing from Dutch shelters victims of human trafficking: Rapporteur
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Child with teddy bear
Health
Half of girls, fifth of boys face sexual violence; Netherlands failing these kids
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Crime
New privacy laws mean less sight on human trafficking victims
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Child with teddy bear
Crime
More attention needed for sexually abused boys
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Bunk beds
CrimePolitics
Dutch gov't must do more to protect disappearing child asylum seekers: National Rapporteur
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Dutch police
Crime
Dutch police must do more digital investigation in child sex abuse cases: Rapporteur
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Crime
Police discourage reports on sexual abuse in childcare: report
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Crime
Human trafficking victims still largely invisible in Netherlands: Rapporteur