The Bolivian Prosecutor General’s Office reported in the present day, Friday, that crimes associated to home violence and sexual assaults had been essentially the most reported crimes in 2022 within the Andean nation.
In compliance with the Political Constitution of the State, the National Policy of Transparency and Fight towards Corruption, and legal guidelines in drive within the nation, the Prosecutor General of Bolivia, Juan Lanchipa, developed the Final Accountability 2022 by which he uncovered the outcomes, technological modernization, circumstances dealt with and the transformations achieved by the establishment.
He defined that in 2022 the Public Prosecutor’s Office acquired 156,110 circumstances nationwide, and the whole caseload was 292,427 circumstances that had been carried over from 2021.
“The highest incidence of crime continues to be family or domestic violence,” he emphasised.
He specified that there are 51,307 processes associated to violence towards girls and minors and that essentially the most reported crime was household or home violence.
They reported 39,335 circumstances for that cause, 5 p.c greater than in 2021.
There had been additionally 3,014 circumstances of rape, which means a rise of 23 p.c in 2022, 3,550 circumstances of sexual abuse with a 21 p.c improve, 2,837 circumstances of rape of minors with a 20 p.c improve, and 1,729 experiences of statutory rape with a 6 p.c improve.
He expressed his concern that the excessive variety of femicides, which reached 100 in 2022, isn’t reducing.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office report particulars that 94 feminicides and 38 infanticides had been registered final 12 months.
Lanchipa stated that within the case of femicide victims, 87 perpetrators had been recognized and 49 convictions had been handed down final 12 months.
Another worrying facet, the prosecutor stated, is the 15,780 circumstances involving adolescents in crimes, however the “most recurrent” are rape and home violence.
The Prosecutor’s Office additionally handled 1,110 circumstances of human trafficking and smuggling final 12 months.
Meanwhile, there have been 5,900 corruption circumstances, 2,485 drug trafficking circumstances, and 248 environmental circumstances.
The authority highlighted the outcomes of the conciliation items in all departmental prosecutors’ places of work by signing conciliation agreements with a restorative justice method. In 2022, 5,448 conciliatory agreements had been reached.
He additionally reported that 638 disciplinary complaints had been handled all through the nation, of which 123 resulted in sanctions, 56 of which led to the dismissal of prosecutors for very critical misconduct.