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


Four arrested for sharing private photos of women and girls online

Suspects in the sharing of private photos of women had been identified, and Tel Aviv District Police arrived at their homes in Haida, Hadera, and Caesarea in order to arrest them for questioning.

The Telegram logo is seen on a screen of a smartphone in this picture illustration

19-year-old to be indicted for sexually harassing underage girls online

The suspect is also currently being interrogated on suspicion of committing obscene sexual acts against a minor under the age of 14, as well as the possession of child pornography.

Anais, a student at the International Bilingual School (EIB), attends her online lessons in her bedroom in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 20, 2020.

Man in his 30s catfishes hundreds of teens, procures pornographic content

Man charged with indecent acts towards minors, sexual harassment, sodomy, fraudulence, and providing false information, after catfishing hundreds of teens on Instagram over several years.

The Instagram application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.

US House ethics panel opens investigation of Republican Matt Gaetz

Earlier, Representative Adam Kinzinger became the first congressional Republican to call for Gaetz to resign.

US Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

Police waits four days to arrest man suspected of raping 7-year-old

The rape complaint was filed on Saturday, March 27, but the 7-year-old girl was only called in to give a statement three days later, on Tuesday, March 30, according to the report.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Brooklyn Hasidic rabbi under investigation for promoting child marriage

While the US State Department has declared them a human rights violation, child marriages are currently still legal in at least 13 US states.

An illustration of a bride and groom during a Civil marriage outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2020.

Teacher who committed indecent acts receives stricter sentence

"The court today looked into the victim's eyes and corrected the invalid and difficult message that was conveyed to her."

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Man convicted of sexual assault of 4-year-old gets 3.5 year sentence

"She is four and a half years old," said the girl's father. "His punishment isn't even as long as her age."

Protesters hold signs opposing a "system of violence against women"

Rabbi who fled to Israel to escape sexual assault charges handed to US

Gershon Kranczer, 65, eluded authorities for years in Israel.

Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during enforcement of coronavirus emergency regulations, Jerusalem, January 26, 2021

Suspected pedophile: I tried to recreate Eilat gang rape with 13-year-old

According to the indictment, Sherf, 21, raped the girl on two different occasions, beat and strangled the girl, and offered drugs and alcohol to her.

The coronavirus hotel in Jaffa where the alleged rape took place.