1. World problems
  2. Child abduction

Child abduction

  • Illegal appropriation of children
  • Kidnapping of children
  • Baby snatching

Incidence

Up to one million children have been kidnapped for the sex market. The sex tour industry and the presence of military bases in developing countries has lead to an enormous increase of child prostitution which aggravates kidnapping. Children from Latin American, Asian and African slums are kidnapped and sold to rich clients in the north to be used privately or in brothels.

In the UK the number of child abductions increased from 40 in 1987 to 263 in 1993.

Broader

Kidnapping
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Narrower

Aggravates

Aggravated by

Childlessness
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Related

Strategy

Kidnapping
Unpresentable

Value

Misappropriation
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Kidnapping
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Illegality
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Abduction
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Reference

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Property
  • Law » Legality
  • Societal problems » Crime
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
  • Society » Infants
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E6154
    DOCID
    11561540
    D7NID
    151938
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020