Meja is 16 years old and is in her first year of high school. She is at school when the call from her mother comes. The mother says that she has talked to the police and found out that they found nude photos of Meja with a man. Meja is summoned for questioning.
– I am ashamed. It’s so embarrassing that I sent nude pictures, that I showed off my body to get money, she says.
It’s been over a year since a man contacted her on Snapchat and offered her money if she sent nude photos.
– Just when you had forgotten about it, you were reminded of it again. It was the same show again, she says.
Meja is one of many children in a major criminal case.
In these cases, it is often the case that the children do not tell the adults what they have been through. Many times it is only discovered when a perpetrator gets caught. When the police go through computers, telephones and hard drives, they find pictures and contacts to lots of children who have been exposed. Children who are now forced to tell their parents, the police and sometimes even witnesses about this in court. For some, that process is at least as difficult as when the abuse took place.
In this program, Kropp & Sjรคls Stina Nรคslund has investigated what happens to the children when the crimes they have been subjected to come up in court, in front of many adult eyes who examine the most private things.
Host: Stina Nรคslund
Producer: Alice Lรถรถf
SUPPORT AND HELP:
Have you been exposed?
Rise, Riksfรถreningen support center against incest and other sexual abuse in childhood: 08โ696 00 95
Hopp, Riksorganisationen mot sexuella abuse, emergency telephone: 076โ19 99 343
Alert about suspected abuse:
The police, telephone number: 114 14 or e-mail to the police group against sexual abuse of children: [email protected]
Are you worried about committing abuse?
Preventell is a guide for you who experience that your sexuality is difficult, worrying or problematic. Phone: 020- 66 77 88
Source: ICELAND NEWS