One kidnapping per day of minors by one of their parents in Spain: 283 until August

The official statistics do not include whether the abduction is greater or lesser between fathers and mothersCatalonia at the head of known facts with 53 cases so far in 2022A crime for which 434 police proceedings were opened in 2021The Security Forces are aware of an average of a case of parental kidnapping per day per year, a crime for which 434 police proceedings were opened in 2021 after the complaint of the abduction of a minor. Between January and August 2022, 283 cases have been registered, including 14 abroad, according to statistics from the Ministry of the Interior. The official statistics, which do not discriminate whether the complaint is made by the father or the mother, has been questioned after that the Ministry of the Interior stopped including this information in the annual reports published by the National Center for Disappeared Persons (CNDES). In this sense, the opposition parties have also criticized favorable treatment by the Executive in cases such as that of Juana Rivas and María Sevilla, two mothers convicted after filing complaints for the abduction of their children and who were later pardoned.Catalonia in the leadThe information from the Criminality Statistical System, compiled with data from the State Security Forces and Bodies, regional police and local authorities, places Catalonia at the head of known facts with 53 cases so far in 2022, compared to 74 computed in all of 2021. Andalusia registers 44 cases and n so far this year and the Community of Madrid 40, although both communities recorded the same data in the twelve months of last year: 67 thefts. The Valencian Community added 46 parental kidnappings in 2021, the Balearic Islands 32, the Canary Islands 25, Galicia 19 and the Basque Country 18. Outside of Spain, the security forces were aware of 26 complaints. The statistics include the facts known by the police forces framed in the article 225 bis of the Penal Code, which punishes cases in which a parent participates who, “without just cause”, removes his minor child. It contemplates a prison sentence of two to four years and special disqualification for the exercise of the right of parental authority for a period of four to ten years. Abduction is considered to be the transfer of a minor from his place of residence without the consent of the parent with whom he habitually lives or of the persons or institutions to which their guardianship or custody was entrusted, as well as other cases such as seriously breaching the duty established by judicial or administrative resolution. Abduction of a baby in Zaragoza The mother was approached in the monastery parking lot to take her away after a violent She struggled with her son, leaving her wounded lying on the ground. This led to an immediate complaint that led to the arrest in Parla (Madrid) of the baby’s father, as well as his paternal grandfather and grandmother and a friend, all of them in cahoots — with the knowledge of a lawyer — to offer them a hiding place. . The first two entered preventive detention. After the case was resolved in less than 24 hours and the baby was returned to the mother, the chief colonel of the Zaragoza Command, José Antonio Mingorance, acknowledged to the press that one of the main fears was that the perpetrators of the abduction of the minor could flee from Spain. The Penal Code establishes that when the minor is transferred outside of Spain –or some condition is required for his return– the prison sentence of up to four years is aggravated by half superior. Another case in Bilbao Article 225 bis of the Penal Code also states that it is exempt from punishment if the perpetrator of the crime communicates the place of stay to the other parent or to the person who legally corresponds to their care within the following 24 hours, “with the commitment to immediate return that is actually carried out”. If the restitution is carried out within 15 days, between six months and two years in prison are imposed, penalties that are also imposed for the ascendants of the minor and relatives of the parent up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity.