While nine out of 10 Filipino children and young people are aware of child protection services, only a third turn to them when in need of help, a new report has found. The report, released on June ...

The growing volume of domestic abuse cases in both Lanark and Renfrew counties in rural eastern Ontario is alarmingly high, ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that studies have found that the prospect of getting caught deters crime. You think?

JERUSALEM — Thousands of women in Israel are fighting their own “invisible” battles against domestic abuse, abandonment, and ...

Still governed by a colonial-era system, large areas of Uttarakhand rely on untrained revenue officials to police modern ...

No one checked on Blair Medford after he covered the window to his jail cell. But they should have, state regulators say.

Africa’s maritime future hangs in the balance unless urgent, coordinated and technology-driven action is taken to combat the ...

About 80% of the world’s oil trade moves through the Western Indian Ocean, which faces escalating maritime threats, ...

A recently published Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report found that human trafficking in the county goes largely ...

The investigation started in August 2022 after authorities became aware of multiple drug trafficking incidents in the areas of Park Layne and Crystal Lakes.

Here’s how the Lee Enterprises Public Service Team did a first-of-its-kind analysis of states’ efforts to protect women who are subject to sex trafficking at illicit massage parlors.