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Berlin ∙ Interior Minister Nancy Feiser presented a report revealing the statistics of domestic violence in Germany. The report shows that the number of victims of domestic violence will increase by 8.5 percent in 2022.

It is said that every third man in the country condones violence against women. 71.1 percent of the victims are women. The biggest increase was in partner violence. The number of such cases has increased by 9.4 percent.

More than 14 women are victims of intimate partner violence every hour. It is reported that almost every day a partner or ex-partner tries to kill at least one woman. The report assesses that violence against women is a problem that affects society as a whole. The number of victims of domestic violence in 2022 is 240,547. 157,818 experienced violence from a partner. 197,348 have suspicious partners. The vast majority (76.3 percent) are male.

In most cases, violence between partners appears in the form of intentional simple physical harm (59.3 percent). 11.7 percent of the cases involve serious bodily harm. 24.2 percent of the cases under domestic violence are threats and force. 2.5 percent is rape and sexual assault.

31.1 percent were victims of partner violence. More than half (50.5 percent) of murder and manslaughter victims were married to the perpetrator.

Children are the main victims of domestic violence, at 35.5 percent. 23.2 percent were parents and 16.9 percent were siblings.

English Summary: Germany sees sharp rise in domestic abuse cases

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2023-07-12 10:01:52

London ∙ In the UK, the police seized cannabis plants worth 130 million pounds from various places. Following this, around 1,000 people were arrested. The raids took place in England and Wales last June. More than 1,80,000 cannabis plants were seized from various raids. 20 firearms worth £1m, £636,000 in illegal cash and 20kg of cocaine were seized in the raid. It is one of the largest operations ever undertaken in the UK. Last day, the National Police Chiefs Council released the complete information regarding this.

Officials clarified that the police operation was aimed at the source of income of organized crime gangs involved in crimes such as money laundering, class A drug trafficking and violence. Cannabis is not a class A drug like heroin or cocaine. But they are being cultivated on a large scale as a major source of illegal income for criminal gangs. The aim of the raid was to identify the main source of income of the criminal gangs and arrest those involved.

The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) chief, Lead Steve Jupp, said that the number of criminal cases in the country has reduced drastically due to the new measures taken by the police. 11,000 officers from 43 police forces in England and Wales, the National Crime Agency and Immigration Enforcement issued 1,000 warrants in June alone. A case has been registered against more than 450 of those arrested.

English Summary: Police seize 130 million pounds worth of cannabis in UK

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2023-07-07 14:57:27

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2023-06-14 03:47:22