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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stories like Hannah’s are common, with research revealing that almost one in four Australian adults have experienced financial abuse by a partner. Head of the School of Social Sciences at UNSW ...