In January, the number of victim support centers in the country rose to thirteen. In addition, there are three victim support points and a 24/7 victim support line to ensure that no one is left without help if a crime is committed against them. The goal is to have a victim support center in every city and county with county status by 2025.

One of the priority tasks of the Ministry of Justice is the operation of victim support centers, so the goal is to have a victim support center in every city and county with county status by 2025, said Nóra Király , ministerial representative of the ministry, on Thursday at the Victim Support Center in Kecskemét.

At the Kecskemét station of Nóra Király's country tour, she spoke about how, following the handover in Zalaegerszeg in January, the number of victim support centers in the country had risen to thirteen. In addition, there are three victim support points and a 24/7 victim support line to ensure that no one is left without help if a crime is committed against them.

He emphasized: as a ministerial representative, he will visit all victim protection centers in order to have an overview of their operation, to get to know personally the work going on in each center, the problems that arise and the tasks to be solved.

Nóra Király highlighted:

the Ministry of Justice already has 140 cooperation agreements with various state bodies and companies, as well as civil and aid organizations.

The system is constantly expanding, as "we believe that we can only achieve results in the field of victim assistance by working together," he said.

"current and future cooperation for even more effective implementation of victim assistance", the minister's representative said that one of the key topics of the discussion was cybercrime, which is becoming the most common crime these days.

He said that a special working group was created in the ministry to prevent and suppress cybercrime, as well as to provide assistance. Nóra Király also reported that they discussed a possible cooperation with the local government of Kecskemét, in the framework of which they would act against cybercrime with an "education that starts in kindergarten" to protect families.

Ms. Engert Jakabné (Fidesz-KDNP), deputy mayor of Kecskemét, said that they would play a role in the development of the methodology of a "series of programs based on prevention" in the cooperation against crimes taking place online.

Nowadays, cybercrime affects all age groups, and the management of a city also has a great responsibility to protect its residents from becoming a victim.

he said.

The deputy mayor said that they were happy to accept the plan for the establishment of the Kecskemét Victim Support Center, and that in the last four years we have managed to build a very well-functioning system and victim support service with the city's support organizations.

Thanks to the cooperation, those who turn to the center either receive professional help right away, or guidance on which institution or body their case belongs to.

The private meeting was attended by Róbert Répássy, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice; Ernő Kovács, chief bishop of Bács-Kiskun County; Tamás Gyula Szeberényi and László Salacz, the Fidesz parliamentary representatives of the region; Gábor Barta, coordinator of the Kecskemét Victim Support Center; Ágnes Temesvári, head of the Family and Child Welfare Center, and Orsolya Rigó, regional head of the Southern Great Plain Region of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service.

MTI

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