233 cases of child abduction last year

The Justice Minister has released figures of the number of child abduction cases reported in the country last year.

The Central Authority for Child Abduction processed a total of 233 cases in 2010.

A total of 140 of these were new cases - four more than in 2009.

Of the 140 new cases involving 193 children, 64 concerned abductions into the State from other countries, while 76 concerned abductions from the State to other countries.