All news on the topic: Sexual abuse
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Hundreds of police raid former Crewe orphanage in major probe into sexual abuse, slavery and forced marriage claims
Hundreds of police officers descended on a former orphanage in northern England as part of a major investigation into allegations of serious sexual abuse, modern slavery, and forced marriage.
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Teacher dubbed “Scotland’s Jimmy Savile” accused of decades of rape and racist abuse of schoolboys
A teacher labeled as Scotland’s Jimmy Savile racially abused a student while carrying out brutal attacks. Iain Wares faces dozens of charges, including rape, against 68 boys aged between eight and 13 from 1968-79 when he taught at Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College.
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‘No one protected us’: survivors describe lifelong trauma from liberal boarding school
Detectives are investigating several reports of historic abuse at Britain’s most liberal boarding school, exposed by The Telegraph, it can be revealed.
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“I couldn’t even stand”: patients accuse “star surgeon” Vardan Khachatryan of sexual abuse while under anesthesia
Allegations of sexual harassment against plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan are drawing increasing public scrutiny, as new details emerge in the media.
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Sarah Ferguson seen for the first time in 213 days following Jeffrey Epstein controversy
Sarah Ferguson has been seen for the first time in 213 days in Austria following the controversy over her links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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“He was just a child”: unseen photo adds to allegations of abuse against Michael Jackson in new lawsuit
A newly surfaced and troubling photo shows a half-dressed boy grimacing as Michael Jackson holds him
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Claims of two buried girls trigger investigation at Epstein’s remote ranch
There have been a number of disturbing allegations to come out of the release of the Epstein files.
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Epstein files allege Trump assaulted 13-year-old, called girls “fresh meat”
A new set of documents related to sexual abuse allegations against Donald Trump has been released after it was discovered they were missing from the previous collection of the so-called Epstein Files.
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Security procedures reportedly suspended for Andrew’s guests, ex-protection officer claims
A former royal protection officer has told LBC that the normal checks on people coming into Buckingham Palace were suspended to allow young women to visit Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell accused in Epstein files of involvement in child electric shock torture allegations
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been accused of watching a young girl, aged between six and eight years old, being subjected to electric shock torture.
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Police review Epstein’s private jet visits to Stansted as multiple forces join inquiry
Seven police forces are now investigating allegations against pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and his associates as part of a coordinated effort to uncover the scale of his crimes in the UK.
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Epstein files expose years of intimate contact between Norway’s crown princess and convicted sex offender
Norway’s crown princess has become embroiled in another scandal after newly unsealed files appeared to show her years of extensive contact with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Russian plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan: 35 rape allegations and zero convictions
A graduate of Kuban State Medical University, who moved to Moscow, eventually became a figure in criminal chronicles, yet his criminal case has been stalled for several years in endless investigative bodies.
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Congress releases photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Pedophile Island’: Secret rooms and words like ’deception’ and ’power’
House Democrats released a handful of photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island on Wednesday, offering a rare glimpse into a secretive place where Epstein is alleged to have trafficked young girls.
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Attack in central London: woman in 20s reports rape in historic Victoria Embankment Gardens
The victim, in her 20s, reported she had been attacked in Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, at around 4am on Tuesday.
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Anti-immigrant narratives and sexualised AI videos fuel billions of TikTok views
Researchers discovered 354 AI-focused accounts that amassed 4.5 billion views in a month. Hundreds of accounts on TikTok are gaining billions of views by producing AI-generated content, including anti-immigrant and sexualized material, according to a report.
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Female firefighter wins £40,000 after being forced out for reporting diary breach
A female firefighter has received a £40,000 payout for unfair dismissal after being forced out of her job for complaining about a colleague who went through her private diary.
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Paul Lipscombe sentenced to 28 years for grooming and abusing six girls on Snapchat
A senior NHS manager has been jailed for 28 years for raping a 12-year-old and sexually abusing five other girls after grooming them on Snapchat.
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ICC prosecutor’s accuser targeted by private intelligence firms in covert Qatar-linked operation
The woman who accused the international criminal court’s prosecutor of sexual abuse has been targeted by private intelligence firms as part of a covert operation reportedly conducted on behalf of Qatar.
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King Charles strips Prince Andrew of his last title and orders him to leave Royal Lodge
King Charles was seen putting on a brave face as he arrived at Sandringham before Andrew faced the final humiliation of losing his naval title.
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Bank warned US authorities about possible human trafficking tied to Epstein
JP Morgan warned the US government about more than $1 billion in transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein that were possibly related to reports of human trafficking, new documents confirm.
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Operation Pianora investigates sexual misconduct at British army locations
Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.
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European Commission vows reform after investigation exposes failures in doctor warning system
The European Commission will look for ways to strengthen its alert system in response to an OCCRP investigation that identified more than 100 doctors who lost their medical licence for serious wrongdoing in one jurisdiction but are licensed to practice in another.
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Nobody’s Girl: Giuffre recounts years of sexual abuse and trafficking
Virginia Giuffre describes years of sexual abuse by her father and a family friend in a posthumous memoir to be published next week.
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Afghan TikToker jailed in UK for threatening Nigel Farage after fleeing Sweden
An Afghan TikToker who threatened to murder Nigel Farage was on the run from police in Sweden over a litany of crimes when he arrived in the UK on a small boat, the Daily Mail can reveal.
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