Minister of Justice Sam Tanson, Minster for Internal Security François Bausch, and Minister of Education Claude Meisch supplied details in a response to the parliamentary question. Kemp-Arendt pointed out that the Kanner-Jugendtelefon (KJT)'s reports of child sex abuse online had quadrupled over the past two years, referring to pornographic images and videos.
In 2019 alone, there were 3,039 reports of images or videos depicting children in sexual situations. The MP compared this to the previous years, which saw 2,047 reports in 2018 and 750 in 2017. Kemp-Arendt asked ministers to confirm the figures and provide clarifications concerning certain aspects of dealing with the issue. Notably, she pointed out that the department investigating such reports is allegedly at capacity. She also asked whether the government has further measures to quickly react to reports and how perpetrators have been treated.
The ministers confirmed the KJT's figures, revealing that reports were submitted through the BeeSecure Stopline. Of around 3,039 reports, 2,521 were confirmed to be illegal and 2,327 of those cases were passed to the police. Referring to the smaller number of cases passed on to the police, the ministers highlighted that only those cases hosted in Luxembourg were passed on to the police.
The ministers conceded that the police department is at capacity due to the general issue with recruitment within the police. However, Bausch has initiated an 'extraordinary recruitment plan' which will include reinforcing the department focusing on child sex abuse cases.
In terms of sentencing perpetrators, the ministers detailed that 25 people were taken to trial in 2019. Luxembourg does not offer therapy for those who commit crimes relating to child sexual abuse.
