Is Petty Crime on the Rise? Statistics from Arounds the U.S.

While it’s true some neighborhoods experience higher crime rates than others, one thing is undeniably real, petty crime has been on the rise within the last few years. According to the Pew Research center, violent crime has fallen sharply within the past quarter century. So, while the chances aren’t high you’ll be mugged at gunpoint, less obvious crime, digital theft, and other petty crimes are on the rise. People today are undertaking any necessary measure to protect their businesses and assets with new technology available. Here’s a look at what…

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Who Is Responsible for Ending Sexual Violence in Somalia?

Somalia (GV) – In October 2017, 16-year-old Faiza Mohamed Abdi was shot in the “pelvic area” for declining the sexual advances of her attacker in the port town of Bosaso, Somalia. Abdi was brutally wounded by Abdikadir Warsame, a solider with the security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Since December 2017, Faiza has been undergoing treatment in a hospital in Turkey. Radio Dalsan reports: Faiza was reported to have been attacked by a Puntland state navy soldier who wanted to rape her while she was in Bosaso town but she struggled…

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#JusticeForAsifa: A Young Girl’s Murder Shocks Jammu And Kashmir Residents — But Not the National Media

(GV) – As Pakistan grapples with bringing the perpetrators of seven-year-old Zainab Ansari’s murderer to justice, another heinous killing across the border, in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, has shocked local residents. On January 17, the battered, lifeless body of eight-year-old Asifa Bano was found in a forest in Hiranagar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. News reports in Kashmir’s local press said Asifa appeared to have been raped and tortured before she was killed, and that there were human bite marks on her body. Asifa Bano…

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