Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal

The initial police report, on 1 December, was about a gang of seven foreign men who had been grooming a girl; it caused a shock among many Finns.{{cite news |last1=Petri Turunen |title=New Information on Sexual Crimes against a Child in Oulu: 7 men knew each other |url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005918251.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=1 December 2018 |language=fi |quote=On Saturday afternoon, the police released a bulletin, the contents of which shocked many Finns.}}. The girl was confirmed to be Finnish and a minor, aged 10, who was raped for months.{{cite news |last1=SANNI MATTILA |title=7 men imprisoned for serious sexual offenses against a minor in Oulu - police believe the number of suspects will increase |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/1f6d1589-755a-4819-a190-bd597a7c10a6 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Iltalehti |date=3 December 2018 |language=fi |quote=[...] Kiiskinen, who is currently the investigating director. According to him, the girl is "clearly underage" and Finnish.}}{{cite news |last1=VILLE EKLUND |title=A little girl 10 years old was raped in Oulu - there are a number of suspects and implicated |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/oulussa-raiskattu-lapsi-hieman-yli-10-vuotias-suomalaistytto-epailtyja-tekoja-ja-tekijoita-useita/7189598 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=MTV Oy - mtv uutiset |date=3 December 2018 |language=fi |quote=MTV News can report that the victim of a grave rape and abuse case in Oulu was a little over 10-years-old girl. The girl is suspected of being the victim of severe rape and sexual abuse for months.}} As there had been two other arrests for rape just a few days before, Criminal Commissioner Markus Kiiskinen of the Oulu Police reassured the public that "there is no phenomenon of sexual offenses in which foreigners go rape in the streets. These just happened at the same time."{{cite news |last1=Mirja Rintala |title=Several sexual crimes have occurred in Oulu - the police are now soothing the rumor mill |url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005919559.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=3 December 2018 |language=fi |quote=Criminal Commissioner Markus Kiiskinen of the Oulu Police says that sex offenses are not related. At the same time, he asks for calm in the heated social media debate. "There is no phenomenon of sexual offenses in which foreigners go rape in the streets. These just happened at the same time."}}

Oulu police department warned young girls and parents to be on the lookout for sexual predators active on social media.{{cite news|date=5 December 2018|title=Police warn of online predators as suspected sex abuse cases uncovered in Oulu|work=Yle - Yleisradio Oy|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/police_warn_of_online_predators_as_suspected_sex_abuse_cases_uncovered_in_oulu/10540902|quote=the warning mostly applies to one group of online predators and hopefully will not tarnish the reputation of all migrants, police added. "I hope this will not result in more racism. The police would like to emphasise that not all people with foreign backgrounds are dishonest or criminals," Kiiskinen said.|accessdate=31 January 2019}}

By 6 December, Oulu police had ten men under arrest for sex and violent crimes. The victims were now three girls, all under 15 years of age.{{cite news |last1=Aleksi Teivainen |title=Police: 10 people suspected of sex crimes against minors in Oulu |url=http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16008-police-10-people-suspected-of-sex-crimes-against-minors-in-oulu.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Helsinki Times |date=6 December 2018 |quote=The Oulu Police Department on Wednesday revealed that a total of 10 people of foreign background have been brought into custody in connection with sex and violent crimes against three under 15-year-old girls in Oulu}} All suspects had arrived in Finland as asylum claimants or refugees.{{cite web |title=The police clears up the information about three sexual offenses committed against minors in Oulu |url=https://www.poliisi.fi/oulu/tiedotteet/1/0/poliisi_tarkentaa_tietoja_liittyen_kolmeen_alaikaiseen_kohdistuneeseen_seksuaalirikokseen_oulussa_76370 |website=Poliisi |publisher=National police of Finland |accessdate=31 January 2019 |language=fi |date=5 December 2018 |quote=All the suspects have entered the country as asylum seekers or quota refugees |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605045928/https://www.poliisi.fi/oulu/tiedotteet/1/0/poliisi_tarkentaa_tietoja_liittyen_kolmeen_alaikaiseen_kohdistuneeseen_seksuaalirikokseen_oulussa_76370 |url-status=dead }}

By 11 January 2019, police disclosed one of the rape victims had committed suicide months earlier. The number of victims had risen to nine. The number of men in police custody was now twelve. All suspects were foreigners.{{cite news |title=Oulu police confirm new sex abuse arrests, and the death of one girl |url=http://newsnowfinland.fi/crime/oulu-police-confirm-new-sex-abuse-arrests-and-one-suicide |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=News Now Finland |date=11 January 2019 |quote=Officers say they’ve arrested foreign-born men in connection with the allegations – two aged 20, two under 18 – as the new investigation looks at allegations of rape, gross sexual abuse of a child and sexual abuse of a child said to have taken place during summer 2018. |archive-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509113252/https://newsnowfinland.fi/crime/oulu-police-confirm-new-sex-abuse-arrests-and-one-suicide |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=British anthropologist on Oulu rape epidemic: Finns 'groomed' to love their abusers |url=https://www.suomenuutiset.fi/brittiantropologi-oulun-raiskausepidemiasta-suomalaisia-groomattu-rakastamaan-hyvaksikayttajiaan/ |accessdate=7 October 2019 |work=Suomen Uutiset |date=16 September 2019 |language=fi |quote=The police even first tried to deny that one of the rape victims committed suicide. Eventually, the pressure on social media became so great that the police and the mainstream media were forced to disclose the events. In particular, Dutton emphasizes the role of citizen journalist Junes Loka in exposing events.}}

By 16 January the suspects numbered 16, and remained all-foreign born. Police disclosed that at least one of the girls was drugged before being raped. The crimes were said to have taken place in the summer and fall 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/sex_crime_probes_advance_in_helsinki_oulu/10599388|title=Sex crime probes advance in Helsinki, Oulu|website=Yle Uutiset|date=16 January 2019|accessdate=13 February 2019}}

On 11 February it was reported that police had started to investigate new suspected rapes of two underage girls that had occurred a few days earlier at a private home. One of the girls was under 16 and the other under 18. One suspect was in custody. The suspect had a foreign background and a Finnish residence permit.{{cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/two_new_suspected_cases_of_child_sexual_abuse_in_oulu/10642570 |title=Two new suspected cases of child sexual abuse in Oulu |date=12 February 2019 |website=Yle |accessdate=12 February 2019}} On 13 January police announced that they were investigating another suspected aggravated rape and aggravated sexual abuse of a child. The victim was a 14-year-old girl, and the rape took place in a private apartment in January.{{cite news |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yet_another_suspected_sexual_abuse_case_in_oulu/10644762 |title=Yet another suspected sexual abuse case in Oulu |date=13 February 2019 |website=Yle |accessdate=14 February 2019}}

By late February, the police had expanded its investigation and reporting to include not just grooming cases in Oulu, but also "milder acts, such as assaults." There were now 29 suspects, of whom about 20 were "men of foreign background."{{cite news |last1=SUSANNA KEMPPAINEN |title=Nuorin Oulussa viime kuukausina paljastuneiden törkeiden seksuaalirikosten uhri vain muutaman vuoden ikäinen – Poliisi: Kyse on perheen sisäisistä teoista |url=https://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/oulu/nuorin-oulussa-viime-kuukausina-paljastuneiden-torkeiden-seksuaalirikosten-uhri-vain-muutaman-vuoden-ikainen-poliisi-kyse-on-perheen-sisaisista-teoista/815714/ |accessdate=23 February 2019 |work=Kaleva |date=21 February 2019 |language=fi |quote=29 people are suspected of having committed gross sexual abuse or gross rape or both. Some are also suspected of milder acts, such as assaults. [...] About one third of 29 suspects are Finns. The rest, or two-thirds, are men of foreign background.}}

In 2020, following an unsuccessful appeal initiated by eight of the foreign convicts, it was revealed that they had a common 12-13 year-old victim, whom they had gotten to know and kept in touch "mostly through various social media apps like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp." The girl was victimized by the eight, but independently from each other. She will have her identity sealed for 60 years.{{cite news |last1=SUSANNA KEMPPAINEN |title=Recent court convictions for sexual offenses in Oulu - The convicts claimed that the victim had misled the men, damages totaling more than 130,000 euros |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaleva.fi%2Fuutiset%2Foulu%2Fviimeiset-hovituomiot-oulun-seksuaalirikosvyyhdesta-tuomitut-vaittivat-uhrin-sekoittaneen-miehet-keskenaan-vahingonkorvaukset-yhteensa-yli-130-000-euroa%2F837977%2F |accessdate=2 May 2020 |work=Kaleva |date=31 March 2020 |language=fi |quote=The men had gotten to know the child and kept in touch with her mostly through various social media apps like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.}}

One of the grooming gang suspects escaped to Germany and may have gone to France. He was arrested in Germany in 2018, but was let go. The suspect is 25 or 26 years old, and is said to have raped a 13-year-old over a long period.{{Cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2018/12/18/tysk-polis-frigav-misstankt-sexualbrottsling-pa-grund-av-kommunikationsmiss|title=Tysk polis frigav misstänkt sexualbrottsling - på grund av kommunikationsmiss|website=svenska.yle.fi|date=18 December 2018 |accessdate=13 February 2019}}{{cite news |title=RAPE IN FINLAND - Suspect detained in Germany |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article186529330/Vergewaltigungen-in-Finnland-Verdaechtiger-in-Deutschland-festgenommen.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Die Welt |agency=DPA / TBA |date=3 January 2019 |language=de |quote=A 26-year-old was arrested in Saarbrücken for abusive acts in Finland. He is said to have raped a 13-year-old over a long period.}} An Iraqi national, he was again captured in Saarbrücken in 2019 while on a high-speed train from Paris to Mannheim,{{cite news |title=Missbrauch in Finnland – Verdächtiger in Deutschland festgenommen |url=https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/missbrauch-in-finnland-verdaechtiger-in-deutschland-festgenommen-ld.1448854 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |date=3 January 2018 |language=de |quote=The 26-year-old Iraqi had been searched for a European arrest warrant and had been arrested in the Intercity-Express from Paris to Mannheim because of missing entry documents. He is accused of raping a 13-year-old in Oulu in several cases over a long period of time.}} but it was said it could take up to four weeks to extradite him to Finland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16093-oulu-sex-crime-suspect-to-be-extradited-to-finland-from-germany-in-coming-weeks.html|title=Oulu sex crime suspect to be extradited to Finland from Germany in coming weeks|website=www.helsinkitimes.fi|date=4 January 2019|accessdate=13 February 2019}}

Muso Asoev, born in 1975 in Tajikistan, was sentenced to three years and eight months' prison, plus compensation of €10,500 to the victim, for sexual abuse and digital penetration of a 10-year old girl inside a mosque between 7 July and 7 October 2018.{{cite news |title=The crime that led to the abuse in Oulu took place in the mosque - Imam: "We have not seen any evidence" |url=https://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/oulu/oulussa-hyvaksikayttotuomioon-johtanut-rikos-tapahtui-moskeijassa-imaami-me-emme-ole-nahneet-mitaan-todisteita/817205/ |accessdate=17 April 2019 |work=Kaleva |date=20 March 2019 |language=fi}}

Abdullhadi Barhum, age 22 in 2019, was sentenced to two-and-half year's prison, plus compensation of €3,700 to the victim, for child sexual abuse and rape of a 14-year old girl who reached out on a popular social media for someone to buy her cigarettes, which he did, before forcing her to have oral sex.{{cite news |last1=Ranta |first1=Niko |title=Oulu Sex Crime: Man rapes 14-year-old girl - 2.5 years imprisonment |url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000006048787.html?ref=rss |accessdate=17 April 2019 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=26 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327131048/https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000006048787.html?ref=rss |archivedate=27 March 2019 |language=fi}}

Abdul Aziz Nayef Dbeisan Al-Bodour, aged 23 in 2019, was sentenced to 38 month's prison, plus compensation of €7,300 to the victim, for rape and gross sexual abuse of a child.{{cite news |last1=Mari Jäntti |title=Judgment on one of the Oulu sexual offenses: 23-year-old man sentenced to three years in prison |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10719875 |accessdate=22 April 2019 |work=Yle |date=17 April 2019 |language=fi |quote=Oulun käräjäoikeus on tuominnut 23-vuotiaan Abdul Aziz Nayef Dbeisan Al-Bodourin törkeästä raiskauksesta ja törkeästä lapsen seksuaalisesta hyväksikäytöstä|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308171313/https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10719875 |archivedate=8 March 2021}}

On 4 July 2019, Baraa Ahmed Saeed Al Dawayma (born 1999) was sentenced to three years and eight months' prison, for aggravated sexual abuse of a child and aggravated rape. The victim was 12 years old, and the crimes took place in July 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/oulu/mies-tuomittiin-oulussa-torkeasta-raiskauksesta-ja-torkeasta-lapsen-seksuaalisesta-hyvaksikaytosta/823023/ |title=Mies tuomittiin Oulussa törkeästä raiskauksesta ja törkeästä lapsen seksuaalisesta hyväksikäytöstä |date=4 July 2019 |website=Kaleva |language=fi |accessdate=14 July 2019}}

On 12 July 2019, {{ill|Oulu District Court|fi|Oulun käräjäoikeus}} gave the last sentences concerning the cases involving eight foreign-born men who abused the same female victim who was 12–13 years old during the crimes.{{cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/oulu_court_hands_down_last_sentences_in_string_of_2018_sex_crimes/10876175 |title=Oulu court hands down last sentences in string of 2018 sex crimes |date=12 July 2019 |publisher=Yle |accessdate=14 July 2019}} The outcome was:

In early December 2018, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä said, "The guilty parties will be punished regardless of their ethnicity in a state of law."{{cite news |last1=Aleksi Teivainen |title=Police: 10 people suspected of sex crimes against minors in Oulu |url=http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16008-police-10-people-suspected-of-sex-crimes-against-minors-in-oulu.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Helsinki Times |date=6 December 2018 |quote=“The guilty parties will be punished regardless of their ethnicity in a state of law. The police is responsible for investigating and communicating about the events in Oulu, the judicial system for convicting [the perpetrators],” he said.}} In mid-January 2019, Sipilä issued a formal statement, saying "The government has changed the law since the beginning of the year, making it easier to expel foreigners who have committed crimes."{{cite web |title=Statement by Prime Minister Sipilä on sexual suspects in Oulu |url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/artikkeli/-/asset_publisher/10616/paaministeri-sipilan-lausunto-oulun-seksuaalirikosepailyihin-liittyen |website=Finlands statsrådet |publisher=Finnish Government |accessdate=31 January 2019 |language=fi |date=11 January 2019 |quote=The government has changed the law since the beginning of the year, making it easier to expel foreigners who have committed crimes.}}

In January, when new cases were revealed, he issued a formal statement on the presidential website: "It is unacceptable that some asylum seekers and even those who have been granted asylum have brought evil here and created insecurity here."{{cite news |last1=Johannes Kotkavirta |title=Brittiläinen Daily Mail tarttui presidentti Niinistön kommentteihin Oulun tapahtumista |url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005965803.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=15 January 2019 |language=fi |quote=On Saturday, President Niinistö took a position on the recent news about additional offenses committed by foreign-born men. "It is unacceptable that some asylum seekers and even those who have been granted asylum have brought evil here and created insecurity here," Niinistö comments in a statement published on the President's website.}}

Minister of the Interior Kai Mykkänen said these things shouldn't be occurring in Finland and called for immigrants residing at reception centres to be educated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16005-these-kind-of-things-shouldn-t-be-happening-in-finland-says-mykkaenen.html|title = "These kind of things shouldn't be happening in Finland," says Mykkänen|date = 5 December 2018}}

Paula Risikko, Speaker of the Parliament, said "We’ll deliver punishments for these kinds of crimes and, if necessary, send you back to your home country.”{{cite news |last1=Aleksi Teivainen |title=Risikko ready to make revoking residence permits easier |url=http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/16097-risikko-ready-to-make-revoking-residence-permits-easier.html |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Helsinki Times |date=7 January 2019}}

Antti Kaikkonen, head of the Centre Party in Parliament, declared "everyone who comes to Finland has to follow the local laws."{{cite news |last1=Tarmo Virki |title=Sex abuse cases color immigration debate before Finnish election |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-politics-crimes/sex-abuse-cases-color-immigration-debate-before-finnish-election-idUSKCN1P70OE |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Reuters |date=13 January 2019 |quote=Antti Kaikkonen, parliamentary head of the coalition-leading Centre Party, called for a meeting of all the parliamentary party heads, tweeting: “Everyone who comes to Finland has to follow the local laws.”}}

Reuters reported that the case had become "an important political issue" in Finnish politics.{{cite news |last1=Tarmo Virki |last2=Anne Kauranen |title=Finns rush to back withdrawing asylum from sex offenders |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-politics-crimes/finns-rush-to-back-withdrawing-asylum-from-sex-offenders-idUSKCN1P81PP |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Reuters |date=14 January 2019 |quote=A Finnish citizens’ initiative to withdraw asylum from people convicted of sex crimes received tens of thousands of signatures over the weekend and has become an important political issue}} Xinhua News Agency reported the alleged raping by eight men of foreign descent had increased populist support in Finland.{{cite news |title=Recent immigrant violence pushes up populist support in Finland: poll |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137734877.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111021450/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/11/c_137734877.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2019 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=11 January 2019}}

As a response to the sex crimes revelations, three fast-track legislative projects were introduced in Parliament in January: one to increase penalties for child sexual abuse; one to enhance the Police's ability to "process" people's personal data; and one to take away Finnish citizenship from naturalized aliens who commit certain crimes. Antti Lindtman, chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, underscored the uniqueness of having all parliamentary groups support the initiatives.{{Cite web|url=http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/16119-finnish-parliament-affirms-support-for-three-proposals-to-prevent-sex-crimes.html|title=Finnish Parliament affirms support for three proposals to prevent sex crimes|website=www.helsinkitimes.fi|date=16 January 2019|accessdate=13 February 2019}}

In January 2019, the city of Oulu banned foreign asylum seekers from visiting any schools and daycare centers.{{cite news |title=Oulu bans asylum seeker visits to schools |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/oulu_bans_asylum_seeker_visits_to_schools/10623356 |accessdate=5 February 2019 |work=Yle |date=31 January 2019 |quote=The city of Oulu has temporarily banned asylum seeker and refugee visits to schools and daycare centres as investigations into sexual abuse of minors continue.}}

In February 2019, using the December discovery of sexual offences against minors as justification, Oulu requested a €2.3 million government grant for, among others, educate parents how to prevent sexual offenses by both Finns and foreigners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005992933.html|title=Nuorille oma paikka kauppakeskuksen lähelle – Oulu hakee yli kahta miljoonaa euroa seksuaalirikosten ehkäisemiseen|date=7 Feb 2019|website=Ilta-Sanomat|accessdate=13 February 2019}} The city received €1.25 million from government ministries towards an eventual €2.8 million budget. A Finns Party member of the city council criticised the project and said that the funds would be better spent on vigilantes. The councillor then disseminated a TikTok video made by the project and ridiculed it as ineffective to avoid rape;{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/SwanOfTuonela/status/1233493251140849668/video/1 |title=Tiina Wiik 🇫🇮さんのツイート: "My home town has launched a 2,5 million euro project called Safe Oulu that aims at combating the (Migrant) rape crisis. This is where the money goes. Kill me now. At least, be kind and lobotomize me so I won't have to live with this image in my head.… t.co/TFU6wPfVkp" |website=twitter.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406020404/https://twitter.com/SwanOfTuonela/status/1233493251140849668/video/1 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |url-status=dead}} the video was further panned by foreign right-wingers such as the American actor James Woods.{{cite news |last1=Rintala |first1=Mirja |title=Hollywood-tähti valjastettiin ivaamaan oululaisten turvallisuustanssia – videolla esiintyviä hanketyöntekijöitä häiriköity |url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000006425407.html |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Ilta Sanomat |date=2 March 2020 |language=Finnish}}

In April 2019, French newspaper Le Figaro attributed the Finns Party success{{cite news |title=Finland's opposition Social Democrats edge ahead in election |url=https://www.dw.com/cda/en/finlands-opposition-social-democrats-edge-ahead-in-election/a-48318814 |accessdate=22 April 2019 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=14 April 2019 |language=en |quote=strong gains for the main far-right party [...] the Finns Party has attracted voters from small towns and villages worried about the issue, especially following publicized incidents of alleged sexual assaults by migrants last year}} in that month's Finnish elections to the immigrant sexual exploitation scandal,{{cite news |last1=Frédéric Faux |title=En Finlande, les sociaux démocrates battent l'extrême droite sur le fil |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/en-finlande-les-sociaux-democrates-battent-l-extreme-droite-sur-le-fil-20190415 |accessdate=15 April 2019 |work=Le Figaro |date=15 April 2019 |language=fr |quote=mais les Vrais Finlandais ont profité d’une série d’agressions sexuelles qui auraient été le fait d’immigrés, l’hiver dernier, pour prendre leur envol.}} as did Italian newspaper La Repubblica which reported "arrests of non-EU citizens accused and suspected of sexual abuse or rape had alarmed no small part of public opinion."{{cite news |last1=Antti Rinne |title=Elezioni in Finlandia, i socialisti vincono di misura ma rischiano di perdere il seggio di vantaggio |url=https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2019/04/15/news/finlandia_i_socialisti_vincono_per_un_soffio_populisti_sconfitti_per_uno_0_2_-224061492/?refresh_ce |accessdate=22 April 2019 |work=La Repubblica |date=15 April 2019 |language=it |quote=I Veri finlandesi sono forti [...] negli ultimi mesi una decina di arresti di extracomunitari accusati e sospettati di abusi sessuali o stupri aveva allarmato non piccola parte dell'opinione pubblica.}}

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