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Protection of children from violence and sexual exploitation brings together institutions and CSOs in the 1st National Forum in Albania
Tirana, June 30, 2020 - Barnahus Albania and CRCA/ECPAT Albania, hosted online this morning the 1st National Forum on Combating Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents in Albania. Although Albania has made considerable progress in respecting the rights of the child, public institutions and child protection services are still far from being fully prepared to provide protection and...
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AMBER Alert Europe welcomes Child Rights Centre Albania
On June 15th, AMBER Alert Europe proudly welcomed its newest member Child Rights Centre Albania (CRCA/ECPAT Albania). With CRCA joining, AMBER Alert Europe now brings together 36 official organisations, public authorities, and business entities from 23 countries to aid the search for missing children in Europe.
“I am delighted to announce CRCA as our newest member”, says Frank Hoen,...
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Albania gripped by scandals of sexual violence against children in schools
Tirana, June 15, 2020 - About two weeks ago, for the Tirana Police, after a report of a 15-year-old girl, it was possible to arrest a group of 4 people, including two sexual predators and two teenage boys, who had threatened the victim. For several months, on the outskirts of Tirana, in a secondary public school, the guard of the institution, raped and threatened a teenage girl. By...
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CRCA/ECPAT Albania submits to the Parliament and the Ministry of Justice amendments to the Criminal Code to protect children from rape
Tirana, 6 June 2020 - CRCA/ECPAT Albania submitted to the Legal Commission and the Alliance of Women MPs of the Albanian Parliament, as well as to the Ministry of Justice, its latest amendments to the Criminal Code of Albania. The proposals come at a time when Albania is embroiled in a major scandal in which a 15-years old girl was raped and sexual exploited by a school guard in the capital...
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Albania fully surrendered before the violence and crimes against children
Tirana, June 1, 2020 - International Children's Day, finds children in Albania in the worst situation of violation of their rights over the years. Only within the time limit 1 January 2019 - 1 June 2020:
- 66 children have been subjected to harassment and sexual violence by relatives or have been physically abused by their relatives.
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THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CRCA/ECPAT ALBANIA AND THE NATIONAL POLICE, LEADS THE ARREST OF THE PEDOPHILE NETWORK
Tirana, May 30, 2020 - Due to several months of work and professional cooperation between CRCA / ECPAT Albania experts, ISIGURT.al and the State Police, the latter has made it possible today to identify and then arrest four people for violent sexual intercourse with minor age person.
The pedophile network and their actions were discovered for the first time through a phone call to the...
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Why the National Police Authority does not implement Amber Alert for missing children in Albania?
Tirana, 25 May 2020 - Today, on the International Day of Missing Children, the National Center for Missing Children in Albania, a joint service of CRCA/ECPAT Albania and ALO 116-000, seeks to bring to the attention of the National Police Authority of Albania, the Ministry of Interior and the Albanian Government, their obligation and responsibility to protect every child,...
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