The State Attorney General’s Office released alarming statistics on sexual abuse in the last five years and reports that there were more than 16,000 victims.
From 2016 to 2021, the Prosecutor’s Office made a count of all the cases that were received in the Public Ministry and in this sense it is highlighted that the year 2019 was the period in which there was the greatest number of abuses, with 3,284 complaints, followed by the 2021 with 2,957 complaints and in last place, 2020 with 2,672 reported cases.
“It is important to mention that in 2020, during the pandemic, although the complaints decreased, it was not because the cases had been reduced, this was due, rather, to the lack of support networks (Teachers, relatives, social circles). of friends etc.), since the children were at home during the quarantine ”, points out a part of the report.
Then it is detailed that in 2018 2,658 victims were treated, 2,439 in 2017 and 2,070 victims in 2016. Partial data on the complaints this year was also released, but it covers from January to April and is It has the alarming figure of 885 registered cases and making a projection if a solution to this is not found, 2022 could close with almost four thousand facts.
The report also mentions that the places where these cases of abuse occur the most are Central, Alto Paraná, Asunción, Itapúa, Caaguazú, San Pedro and Cordillera.
