According to UN Women, one in three women worldwide experiences physical or sexual abuse, primarily inflicted on them by a romantic partner. Moreover, since the outbreak of COVID-19, UN Women ...

A study conducted by the Center for Financial Security showed that 99% of domestic abuse involves some financial abuse on top of those better-known forms of abuse. Unfortunately, incidents of ...

Financial abuse is a subtle but common form of abuse that can occur in marriages and relationships. Deborah J. Vagins, president and chief executive office of the National Network to End Domestic ...

It wasn’t until Julie* had left her husband that she realised she was a victim of financial abuse. “After we divorced, he wouldn’t give me his address, because he didn’t want to pay child ...

Financial abuse takes many forms, from controlling relationships to crippling child maintenance battles, affecting women and men alike in South Africa. According to Bertus Preller, a family law ...

In December 2024 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the Committee) published a Report following an inquiry ...

In California, the definition of “domestic violence” extends far beyond the traditional notions of physical and emotional ...

Economic abuse encompasses the deprivation of financial resources or economic support to which one is legally entitled or requires for survival, often through manipulation, isolation or coercion.

Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ...

I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. People are aging and the incidence of elder financial abuse, and the permutations it can take are growing as well. There is lots of talk ...

Read on for the most recent elder fraud and financial abuse statistics. There were 92,371 victims of elder fraud in 2021. Elder fraud losses increased by 391.9% ($343 million to $1.685 billion ...

This WFYI-produced documentary program looks at financial abuse of adults over age 65 and how policy changes can protect them. Fleeced: Speaking Out on Senior Financial Abuse explores what can ...