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UK: Online naming and shaming ‘threatening offender rehabilitation’

·August 4, 2020
·18 Comments

[bailiwickexpress.com - 8/4/20] Some sex offenders undergoing rehabilitation have lost their jobs, and risk losing their accommodation, after a list of their names and past crimes was posted online, putting…

Bermuda: Intellectually disabled man faces sex sentence

·July 12, 2020
·3 Comments

[royalgazette.com - 7/11/20] A man who admitted two sex offences against a 13-year-old schoolgirl is be sentenced at Magistrates’ Court next week. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe signalled that _____, 27,…

South Africa: Call for National Register for Sex Offenders to be made public

·July 9, 2020
·4 Comments

[iol.co.za/pretoria-news/ - 7/8/20] Pretoria - As Gauteng police investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of a two-year-old child under isolation for Covid-19 at a local hospital, experts call for…

All Nigerian States Declare State of Emergency Over Rape and Gender-Based Violence

·June 17, 2020
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[globalcitizen.org - 6/17/20] Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states have unanimously declared a state of emergency, after a series of high-profile cases of violence perpetrated against women sparked nationwide protests by…

Nigeria: Names of Convicted Sex Offenders now on NAPTIP’s Register

·June 8, 2020
·5 Comments

[bellanaija.com - 6/8/20] Remember how a petition was launched in March, urging the Nigerian government to implement a sex offenders registry (i.e rape, paedophilia, sexual harassment and assault)? Well, the National Agency…

UK: Dating app ‘catfish’ leaves victim “humiliated and vulnerable”

·June 3, 2020
·6 Comments

[bailiwickexpress.com - 6/2/20 - Bizarre way to get on the registry] A 26-year-old man has become a registered sex offender after he faked a profile to pose as a real…

UK: Vigilantes ‘set fire to home where paedophile lived’

·May 21, 2020
·6 Comments

[metro.co.uk - 5/20/20] A police search has been sparked after vigilantes in Liverpool reportedly torched a house days after a convicted paedophile was removed for his own safety. The sex…

Australia: Alleged sex offenders to lose anonymity under changes to South Australian law

·May 7, 2020
·6 Comments

[msn.com - 5/7/20] South Australian legal reforms that strip alleged sex offenders of their right to anonymity have been hailed as an important safety measure by the victim of a…

Mexico: Local Congress approves the creation of a Sex Offender Registry in Mexico City

·March 15, 2020
·9 Comments

[eluniversal.com.mx - 3/15/20] Mexico City’s Congress recently approved the creation of the Sex Offender Registry as part of a strategy to prevent Sexual abuse. Eduardo Santillán Pérez, the head of…

Scotland: Policing humour is no joke

·March 6, 2020
·1 Comment

[spiked-online.com - 2/27/20] Police Scotland are up to their old tricks again. It was revealed last week that they are logging jokes made on the internet because someone, somewhere, might…

Join RTAG’s conference call about possible changes to Angel Watch and Guardian Angel

·February 28, 2020
·17 Comments

[registranttag.org - 2/28/20] ALL are invited to hear Update to RTAG’s and Matt Ameika’s Mexican law firm efforts to effect the Angel Watch notification system and Mexico’s parallel Guardian Angel…

Scotland: Fife charity under fire for using sex offenders says it’s ‘safeguarding’ Fifers

·February 7, 2020
·1 Comment

[fifetoday.co.uk- 2/7/20] A Cupar-based charity, which has come under fire after it was revealed it employs sex offenders, says it safeguards the community. The Castle Furniture Project, which provides free…

UK: More travel restrictions ‘should be imposed on UK sex offenders’

·January 9, 2020
·2 Comments

More foreign travel restrictions should be imposed on known British sex offenders and more suspects prosecuted in the UK for crimes committed overseas, the government has been told. In a…

Ireland: Laws to protect sex offenders’ identities must be considered, says outgoing probation chief

·January 2, 2020
·6 Comments

[irishtimes.com - 1/1/20] Ireland should consider introducing privacy laws to protect the identities of sex offenders being released back into the community, the outgoing director of the Probation Service believes.…

Dominica island: BPW calls for a sex offenders registry in Dominica

·December 31, 2019
·13 Comments

[loopslu.com - 12/31/19] The Dominica chapter of Business and Professional Women (BPW) is working with other women’s rights groups across the region, to ensure that dreams of a sex offenders…

UK: Children In The UK As Young As 4 Are Being Investigated and Given Criminal Records For Sexting

·December 30, 2019
·13 Comments

[inquisitr.com - 12/30/19] Thousands of children across the United Kingdom — some as young as four years old — have been investigated by the police for “sexting” — that is,…

Nigeria launches first sex offender register

·November 26, 2019
·10 Comments

[theguardian.com/ - 11/25/19] Campaigners have hailed the launch of Nigeria’s first sex offender register as a vital step towards tackling reported cases of sexual abuse, which are rising across the…

Canada: Calls for public sex offender registry in Canada [video]

·November 12, 2019
·5 Comments

[ctvnews.ca - 11/11/19] Why isn't Canada's sex offender registry viewable by the public like in the U.S.? Watch the video