France French surgeon jailed for 15 years for abusing hundreds of children In what could be France's largest ever paedophilia case, surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has been sentenced after being accused of sexually abusing hundreds of children. 04/12/2020
Europe News EU could partially halt new privacy rules to fight online child abuse There are an estimated 16 million images of child abuse on the internet - at least 800,000 of them from within the EU. 17/11/2020
United Kingdom Church of England's shame over damning child sex abuse report A new independent report found the culture of the Church of England "facilitated it becoming a place where abusers could hide". 06/10/2020
Germany German police probe 30,000 people over child abuse network The investigation was launched in October after police arrested a man in Bergisch Gladbach, near the western city of Cologne. 30/06/2020
Europe News EU wants to step up fight to protect children from sexual abuse online The demand for illegal images of child sexual abuse has risen by 30 per cent during lockdown, according to the European Commission. The EU wants to see better coordination of international efforts to protect children. 09/06/2020
United Kingdom Third of child grooming cases involve Facebook apps says UK charity In more than half of child grooming cases in England and Wales where police recorded information about how the child was groomed, a Facebook-owned app was used. 29/05/2020
United Kingdom Scotland's rising political star quits over messages to teenager The resignation of Scotland's finance minister raises important questions about what red lines are - legal or moral - in the social media age. 06/02/2020
Europe News Paedophile Marc Dutroux and the murders that united a divided Belgium In 2004, Dutroux was sentenced to life imprisonment for the abduction and rape of six girls in 1995 and 1996, as well as the murder of two of them. Judges will on Monday determine if he can have conditional early release. 27/10/2019
