https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A German court on Thursday sentenced two men to more than a decade each in jail after they pleaded guilty to sexually abusing dozens of children at a campsite over two decades. https://www.thelocal.de/20190905/two-jailed-for-over-a-decade-in-german-campsite-child-abuse-case Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:19:11 +0200 two-jailed-for-over-a-decade-in-german-campsite-child-abuse-case Three suspects appeared in court in Germany Thursday to answer charges of child sex assault spanning decades that shocked the nation when it was uncovered in January. https://www.thelocal.de/20190627/campsite-mass-child-sex-abuse-trial-begins-in-germany Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:31:16 +0200 campsite-mass-child-sex-abuse-trial-begins-in-germany A mother and stepfather charged with selling their young boy online for sex went on trial in southern Germany on Monday, in a case that police say is one of the most atrocious they have investigated. https://www.thelocal.de/20180611/trial-starts-of-mother-step-father-who Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:45:23 +0200 trial-starts-of-mother-step-father-who A mother who allegedly sold her young son for sex has been arrested along with six other suspects in a case being described as the most serious child sex abuse investigation in the history of Baden-Württemberg. https://www.thelocal.de/20180111/police-in-freiburg-make-8-arrests-over-worst-child-abuse-case-in-state-history Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:23:29 +0100 police-in-freiburg-make-8-arrests-over-worst-child-abuse-case-in-state-history In an unusual attempt to find a child abuse victim and arrest her abuser, police released pictures of the girl online. They did not expect success to come so quickly, but the child and her abuser were identified on the very same day. https://www.thelocal.de/20171010/frankfurt-child-abuser-found-after-nationwide-manhunt Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:38:55 +0200 frankfurt-child-abuser-found-after-nationwide-manhunt German prosecutors said Thursday they had carried out nationwide raids against people believed to possess child pornography, targeting nearly 70 prime suspects. https://www.thelocal.de/20170720/police-stage-nationwide-raids-against-child-porn-suspects Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:03:23 +0200 police-stage-nationwide-raids-against-child-porn-suspects Frankfurt prosecutors said on Thursday they had shut down a major online child pornography platform, used by more than 87,000 members to organize sexual abuse of children. https://www.thelocal.de/20170706/police-bust-online-child-porn-ring-with-nearly-90000-members Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:28:44 +0200 police-bust-online-child-porn-ring-with-nearly-90000-members A 29-year-old was found guilty in Lübeck on Thursday of "the most terrible crime" the court had ever seen. https://www.thelocal.de/20170615/man-jailed-for-ten-years-for-filming-rape-of-two-year-old-daughter Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:22:15 +0200 man-jailed-for-ten-years-for-filming-rape-of-two-year-old-daughter A father has been accused of raping his own two-year-old daughter with another man multiple times, allegedly filming parts of the abuse and broadcasting it through live chats online. https://www.thelocal.de/20170420/father-and-friend-accused-of-raping-2-year-old-daughter-broadcasting-live-online Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:00:27 +0200 father-and-friend-accused-of-raping-2-year-old-daughter-broadcasting-live-online A man living near Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, faces years in prison after police say they discovered he had sexually abused more than 122 children online, across three countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20161209/man-accused-of-sexually-abusing-122-children-online Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:35:55 +0100 man-accused-of-sexually-abusing-122-children-online A court in Bonn sentenced a Syrian father to 15 years prison after he threw his three children out of a first-floor window, reportedly because he disliked his wife's desire to enjoy the same freedoms as German women. https://www.thelocal.de/20161103/father-who-threw-children-out-window-gets-15-years-prison Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:32:22 +0100 father-who-threw-children-out-window-gets-15-years-prison A unique German initiative is offering therapy to paedophiles to control their urges, with the aim of getting them help before they offend. https://www.thelocal.de/20161028/german-hospital-uses-therapy-to-treat-paedophiles Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:18:14 +0200 german-hospital-uses-therapy-to-treat-paedophiles As the United States continues to debate gun control in the wake of the Orlando massacre, The Local speaks with a criminologist about how parenting practices rather than laws have made Germans less violent. https://www.thelocal.de/20160620/why-us-gun-violence-is-so-much-worse-than-germanys-gun-control-germany Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:01:21 +0200 why-us-gun-violence-is-so-much-worse-than-germanys-gun-control-germany A court in western Germany found a man guilty of sexually abusing a child using communications sent through messaging app WhatsApp. https://www.thelocal.de/20160222/court-whatsapp-messages-can-be-sexual-abuse Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:19:05 +0100 court-whatsapp-messages-can-be-sexual-abuse A judge ordered two Hamburg parents jailed on Tuesday after hearing how both were complicit in the abuse of their own children, including shooting pornography featuring their 13-year-old daughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20150617/hamburg-court-sentences-parents-for-abuse Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:59:52 +0200 hamburg-court-sentences-parents-for-abuse About one third of German parents think an 'Ohrfeige', or smack across the head, is an appropriate part of child-rearing, according to an RTL survey released on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150504/one-third-of-german-parents-say-a-smack-across-the-face-is-ok Mon, 04 May 2015 12:59:07 +0200 one-third-of-german-parents-say-a-smack-across-the-face-is-ok A monk and former teacher at a boarding school in the Bavarian alps pleaded not guilty on Thursday at his trial for abusing two pupils and attempted abuse of two more. https://www.thelocal.de/20150123/court-probes-abuse-at-catholic-boarding-school Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:19:00 +0100 court-probes-abuse-at-catholic-boarding-school Almost a quarter of German children are sometimes or regularly smacked by their parents, a study has found. Corporal punishment is more common and severe in working class families but the discrepancy between what children and their parents report is greater among privileged families. https://www.thelocal.de/20130604/50093 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:02:00 +0200 50093 The German Green party leadership has vowed to commission an independent investigation into allegations that it supported a group keen to legalize sex with children decades ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20130514/49687 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:34:00 +0200 49687 A German doctor whose citizenship has kept him out of jail could face prison after all for his role in a sect responsible for rampant child abuse in Chile. https://www.thelocal.de/20130409/49027 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:50:00 +0200 49027