The figures on child abuse presented at a conference organised by the Piraeus Forensic Service and the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine are shocking.
It is estimated that one in five children falls victim to some form of abuse. Most perpetrators are men over the age of 30, and 70%–90% of them belong to the circle of friends or relatives of the child’s family and are people “above all suspicion”.
Speaking on Realfm 97.8 and Manos Niflis’s show, the President of the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine, Grigoris Leon, said: “We have reported cases of sexual and physical abuse of children. Unfortunately, in a significant number of children there are even serious bodily injuries that reach the forensic services.”
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