The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) is reporting that 34 persons were arrested for various sexual offences over an 11-day period.
The offences include rape, carnal abuse and incest.
Additionally, CISOCA is reporting that when the total number of reported rapes for January and February 2012 is compared to the total for the corresponding period last year, there was a 20 per cent reduction – from 164 last year to 146 this year.
This decline in the number of reported rapes has been accredited to the joint efforts of CISOCA members and other police divisions.
In the meantime, the police are warning perpetrators who are having sexual intercourse with persons under the age of 16 that they should desist because they will be pursued vigorously.
‘…There was a 20 per cent reduction – from 164 last year to 146 this year.’
