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 ...

In December 2024 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the Committee) published a Report following an inquiry into how well the existing financial services ...

Since January, there have been around 250 cases of elder abuse scams reported ... is a direct result of a 2016 law that ...

Although the case against the caretaker was privately ... reduce the risks of “inheritance exploitation” and elder financial abuse generally. Financial professionals can restrict distributions ...

One in 10 older Americans experience abuse, and financial abuse is one of the most common forms. According to the National Council on Aging, up to 5 million Americans suffer from financial elder ...

A 2011 study of elder adults in New York compared self-reported financial abuse to documented cases of financial abuse. Financial abuse was self-reported at a rate of 42.1 out of 1,000 ...

Australia's tax system is being used as a manipulative tool in some domestic abuse cases. The ABC has found that financial ...

It may come as a surprise to learn that many people who experience domestic abuse in a relationship are dealing with more than just physical and verbal abuse from their significant others.

“There is research that indicates that financial abuse occurs in 99% of domestic violence cases,” she says. “There are also surveys of survivors that reflect concern over their ability to ...

Elder financial abuse is "the ultimate betrayal," says Colleen Toy White, a superior court judge in Ventura County, Calif., who sees roughly 40 cases of such abuse each month. "It's shocking to ...

However, what often goes unnoticed is the pervasive presence of financial abuse in domestic violence cases. While the report highlights the prevalence of physical and sexual violence against women ...

CommBank is also using technology to identify potential financial abuse cases through digital banking transaction descriptions. “In 2020, we discovered instances where some customers were using ...