Colombian authorities supported by United States Immigration and Customs have dealt a blow to child prostitution in the Caribbean city of Cartagena, arresting nine, including a former beauty pageant queen.
The director of Colombia’s Family Welfare agency ICBF has stated that more than 300 child sex exploitation cases have been submitted since the beginning of 2013, and that many more young…
A report released over the weekend by Oxfam International concluded that some 48,915 children under the age of 18 have been victims of sexual violence during the course of Colombia’s…
The United Nations (UN) released a scathing report Wednesday condemning what it painted as the Vatican’s deliberate efforts to protect perpetrators in the face of widespread child abuse and using…
The Colombian army on Tuesday accused the country’s largest rebel group, FARC, of using children as human shields during recent combat in the southwestern Cauca department. General Jorge Humberto Jerez,…
Child abuse in Colombia has increased 40% over the past year, reported Radio Caracol on Tuesday. During an event for the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse on…
A three-month-old baby from Bogota has died after its mother abandoned the baby and its three siblings for a three-day holiday, reported local media Thursday. The director of the Bogota…
More than 700 reports of child sex abuse were reported in Bogota in 2011, an 11% rise on the previous year, reported local media Wednesday. Councillor Martha Ordonez said the…
New figures from the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) indicate a dramatic increase in child abuse since 2006. The number of complaints of mistreatment registered by the ICBF has risen…