ExploreSenior exploitation often not reported to police Elder financial exploitation ballooned following the 2008 housing bust: everything from scam calls and con jobs to the most common type of all, family financial exploitation. And exploitation and fraud are likely ballooning now, experts say. “Imagine 22 million people lost their jobs […]
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Online child exploitation reports are up during the COVID-19 pandemic
CLOSE Alicia Kozak, the first known victim to be abducted by an online predator, talks about the epidemic of child exploitation. Asbury Park Press TRENTON, N.J. – As New Jersey started locking down in the COVID-19 pandemic, a convicted rapist and registered sex offender from Oklahoma named Aaron Craiger stepped off a […]
Child exploitation cases surge in St. Louis amid COVID-19
ST. LOUIS — The economy, our schools and our health have all been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. There’s something else that’s happening in isolation, more and more children are becoming victims of online predators. With kids learning from home and adults working remote, law enforcement say it has created […]
Boohoo to investigate Leicester supplier over exploitation claims
Fast fashion retailer Boohoo has said it will investigate one of its suppliers following reports that staff are earning less than the minimum wage amid unsafe working conditions. The Sunday Times reported that workers at Jaswal Fashions in Leicester could expect to be paid £3.50 an hour. It also saw […]