Greece

Μore details emerged following the arrest of reputable musician and teacher Panagiotis Drakos on child abuse charges. The 60-year-old man was arrested on August 31 after one of his students complained to her parents who notified the police. Drakos admitted that...

A video showing the abuse of a three-year boy in the Souda camp on Chios island has been posted in social meadia, instigating an investigation by the UNHCR and Greek authorities. The video shows a child abused by a man who...

More than 600 cases of child abuse involving 1,254 children were reported to The Smile of the Child organization through October 2014. The Smile of the Child is a non-profit organization that handles all issues pertaining to the protection and...

The Greek Ministry of Justice is forming a new bill of eighteen provisions in an effort to deal with the sexual abuse and exploitation of children as well as child pornography. The new bill, which will be presented in the...

The photos of a 40-year-old man who was arrested for seduction and abuse of more than 20 schoolgirls, were released on May 30 on the Greek police's official website. The child abuser goes under the name Stylianos Georgiadis, who was...

The Prosecutor and the Investigator decided the detention of both parents from Patras, who were sexually abusing their children and forcing them into orgies. According to the local website thebest, the father will be transferred to the Tripoli prison and...

A football trainer was arrested by Greek police yesterday, charged with child abuse in Patisia, Athens. 57-year-old Ligomenos Dimitrios, a resident of Peristeri, was molesting underage boys while he worked as trainer. The citizens of Patisia are shocked by...

For the seventh time since 2007, the National Helpline for Children SOS-1056 has received complaints from eight children who are still living in a family environment which remains unhealthy, in spite of repeated reports to authorities. These eight children still live in terrible conditions where their most basic...

The public prosecutor's office of Greece launched an investigation on Monday into the possible involvement of NGOs with Dimitris Lignadis

One in five children in Greece will fall victim to sexual abuse at least once by the time they reach 18, a Greek NGO has said. Afroditi Stathis, director of ELIZA, a campaign group set up in 2008, made the...

A few days after the arrest of a teacher in Serres, northern Greece, for child sexual abuse, Greek authorities arrested another teacher in the area on the same charges. On Friday, Greek police arrested a 49-year-old teacher who is accused...

The NGO "Mazi gia to Paidi," or "Together for Children," has been supporting Greek children facing all forms of difficulty, including bullying, disease, poverty, hunger, mental illness, and abuse, since its formation in 1996. Speaking to Greek Reporter, Alexandra Martinou,...

Anti-vax parents from Serres, Greece who are also against the use of self-tests for the coronavirus, as well as masks, may lose custody of their four children because they have refused to send them to school for two years. Their...

A couple arrested on charges of sexually abusing their 14-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son on the Greek island of Leros will face formal charges on Tuesday. The man has reportedly admitted to the crimes. Police were alerted by hospital staff when...

  The front door slams and the sound of feet stomping past can be heard before a rattle of cutlery and the din of chattering teenage voices drown out the sound of dinner being prepared. It could be a family kitchen...