Landtag demands: More powers against child abuse in MV!

Landtag demands: More powers against child abuse in MV!

In the state parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a explosive topic is currently being discussed hotly: the demand for easier investigative powers for the police to combat child abuse. The advance aims to improve the protection of children from sexual violence through a reform of the Federal Registration Act. In particular, the MPs of the government factions SPD and Linke, supported by the Greens and the AfD, are committed to this, while the CDU and FDP reserve with content. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Mehrer-chmünde-bei-kindesus-klordt-article25909413.html"> n-tv reports that this legislative change should enable personal registration data of children, but only concrete suspected risk.

The urgency of this measure becomes particularly clear when you look at the alarming numbers. According to police crime statistics in 2024, 302 cases of sexual child abuse were registered in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. These are 18 cases less than in the previous year, but the number remains worryingly high. In addition, the number of unreported cases is significantly higher, which illustrates the dimension of the problem. In addition, the increase in child pornography on the Internet is another alarming sign. For example, Nordkurier From several cases in which investigators encounter information on serious crimes in which there are often only fragmented data. These restrict the investigators considerably.

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Martina Tegtmeier, the domestic spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group, emphasizes that the existing regulation significantly difficult and therefore does not offer the necessary protection to the children. The data about potential perpetrators is often fragmented and are not sufficient for targeted queries to the residents' registration offices. Tegtmeier demands that the state must not stand by if children are in danger. The positive aspect of this reform could bring a higher success rate in the perpetrator determination-even if there are only poor personal data. Pay a look at the nationwide 15,520 cases of sexual child abuse were recorded by the police.

But how exactly are these measures implemented? The joint application from the SPD and the left is to be brought in in the state parliament on Friday. The aim is to facilitate the everyday work of the investigators and at the same time to improve prevention compared to latently endangered children. However, in order to achieve a deeper change, increased efforts at the federal level are required - an aspect that is urgently addressed by the MPs.

Overall, it can be hoped that the reform of the Federal Registration Act will be promoted quickly in order to better protect children from sexual violence. It is due to society to actively act and take the necessary steps to change this fateful situation.