The number of sexual abuse cases registered at the Child Helpline doubled in the first 6 months of 2015 compared to the previous year. In most of the cases, fathers are the abusers of their own children, growing.
The situation of sexual abuse of minors is so great that it should be assigned the status of a national threat, experts say.
Most of the victims, 66% were girls. The age at which children fall victim to aggressor is getting smaller every year: at the moment, almost 30% of the reported cases involved girls between 6 and 12 years. By 5% higher than in boys of the same age.