Topic: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub

Child-safeguarding referrals continued an upward trend, crossing the 1,400 mark for 2021, almost 300 reports more than the previous year's total of 1,146, and the highest since these statistics started being collected in 2017.

Governor Martyn Roper says he is impressed by the “commitment and dedication” of police and social workers fighting to protect children in the Cayman Islands.

Victim blaming risks legitimizing predators and makes sex crimes against children much more difficult to investigate, senior detectives and child safety advocates have warned.

Indecent photos of young Cayman Islands women, including some girls under 18, have been posted to a social media site, prompting a police investigation. The pictures, accompanied by demeaning comments, were circulated via an Instagram profile.