If this pace continues, it is very likely that 2025 will be a record year for reports of sexual abuse of minors and that the 1,418 complaints registered last year will be surpassed – which had already been a record. Until the end of October, the PJ caught 269 suspects – almost one per day.
2025 could even be the record year for the most child abuse complaints filed. On average, the Judiciary Police receives a complaint every six hours. By the end of November, the PJ had detained more abuse suspects than in the entirety of last year.
A UNICEF video is a representation of the most common reality. The majority of abusers are men and the majority of abused minors are girls.
The sexual act or touching the parts intimateare not the only forms of abuse.
A porn with minors occupies a prominent place in the processes investigated by the Judiciary.
This year, By the end of June alone, 711 complaints had reached the PJ.
The same is to say that a complaint is filed every six hours, on average. If this pace continues, It is very likely that 2025 will be a record year for reports of sexual abuse of minors and that the 1,418 complaints registered last year are exceeded – which had already been a record.
Until the end of October, the PJ caught 269 suspects – almost one per day. In court, cases take around nine months to be resolved.
It is not always possible to prove abuses, but justice statistics indicate that, when there are convictions, a suspended sentence is the most common measure.
One every three abusers are punished with effective prison sentences. Sexual abuse of minors is far from being cases isolated.
O INE studied the topic and estimates that 176,000 people were victims when they were under 15 years old.
