This year, tens of thousands of women will become victims of domestic violence, with more than 15,000 cases recorded in the country in just ten months of 2024.
This number is almost double the same period in 2023, data shows ΕΛ.ΑΣ. There were 9,860 incidents in the first ten months of 2023, and 18,427 in 2024. The difference in the number of arrests is correspondingly large: 6,453 people were arrested in 2023, and 11,308 people were arrested from January to October 2024.
The vast majority of victims of domestic violence are women, and the perpetrators are men, clarifies CNN Greece edition. In the first ten months of 2024, 15,571 women became victims of domestic violence, while among men the number of victims reached 5,583.
During the same period, 14 women died at the hands of a former or current partner, or a man in their family environment.
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