[HIGHLIGHTS] They propose to increase penalties for criminals who victimize people over 65 years of age: alarming case statistics

The bill seeks to modify the Penal Code and add a third of time to sentences for crimes against people, sexual integrity, freedom and property. The age of the victims would be taken as an aggravating factor.

In the year 2022 in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires (AMBA) more than 14 thousand robberies against “elders” were recorded, according to surveys by the NGO “Defendamos Buenos Aires’. The bill received the support of the signatures of his block colleagues María Eugenia Vidal, María Sotolano and Verónica Gabriela Razzini.