MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's cabinet on Tuesday approved a decree designed to protect children from violence, making it mandatory to report abuse for anyone who detects it and extending the time period in which victims can report abuse they suffered as children.
Nearly 38,000 minors were victims of violence in Spain in 2018 - but the government estimates that only one in five crimes committed against children is reported, meaning the number could be five times higher.
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