Eight out of ten complaints of ill-treatment in Spain end in conviction

The judges have doubled the suspension of the visitation regime for alleged abusers in one year Half of the open proceedings in Spain are for crimes against sexual freedom The number of minors at risk and the declarations of abandonmentDuring 2021, 50 women were murdered due to gender-based violence in Spain, of which only 11 had filed a prior complaint against their murderer. These deaths also left 31 orphaned children, in addition to four minors also killed by their parents and complaints of assaults against women in the family grew by 8% compared to the previous year. The figure is nuanced after the drop in complaints during the previous year in the midst of the pandemic. But even so, it is below the rates of violence against women reached in 2019, which in the opinion of the State Attorney General’s Office indicates that there is still a black hole. “A hidden number of gender violence”. These are the most important data on this type of crime according to the report that the Prosecutor’s Office presented at the opening of the judicial year on the complaints and sentences processed during 2021. In the case of crimes of human trafficking, the figures have grown 37.5%. Of these, 67% were procedures for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Among the 277 victims, 98% were women or girls. The report presented by the Prosecutor’s Office indicates that during 2021 the number of minors at risk in Spain rose by 23.5% and declarations of helplessness rose by another 23.4%. Photo menorniusdiario.es Hate crimes In the chaos of hate crimes, they increased by 27.19% over the last year and the Prosecutor’s Office points to a more exponential increase, up to 44%, of the indictments presented. 38% of the procedures opened in Spain for this type of crime are due to racism and xenophobia, and 25% crimes against sexual or gender identity, above the 19.2% that are reported for issues ideological. In 20% of all these complaints, harassment and singling out through social networks are already present. In fact, cybercrime is one of the criminal areas that reflects the greatest increase, with 40.47% this year and 257% in its accumulated figure since 2017. Most of the complaints of this type are for crimes of fraud, but There is also an increase in crimes linked to social networks, which rose by 34%. Complaints for crimes against the freedom or sexual identity of minors through the Internet grew by 10% compared to the previous year. In the area of ​​the environment, the Prosecutor’s Office processed 3,324 investigative procedures and presented 1,238 complaints or complaints and 1,469 indictments, which represented 1,143 convictions. Jihadist terrorism above ETA The report of the Prosecutor’s Office also reflects that 66% of the proceedings opened in the National High Court during 2021 for alleged terrorism crimes were in the field of the fight against jihadist groups, while 25.73 % of the procedures focus on ETA terrorism and 8.19% on other groups. The ETA member Txapote, convicted of 14 murdersEUROPA PRESSThe official data also reflects a 50% increase in investigations initiated during 2021 for drug trafficking and money laundering crimes.In summary, speedy trials have risen in Spain by 19% in a year and the global crime rate, 9%, 2,443 judicial proceedings have been opened in Spain, which represents an increase of 16%. The accusations in more than half of them (55%) refer to crimes against sexual freedom.