Crimes against children, particularly sexual ones, strike at the heart of society because of the vulnerability of the victims.

Children normally have neither the physical nor mental capacity to fend off predatory behaviour by perverts seeking to take advantage of them.

And while kids are clearly the most vulnerable victims of criminal behaviour, the elderly are increasingly being victimized by their same lack of capacity to deal with predators attempting to take advantage of their weaknesses.

But crimes against those in their waning years of life tend to target the victims’ financial stability rather than their physical vulnerability.

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The case of Calgary woman Alana Love Duncan amply illustrates that.

Duncan pleaded guilty last October to seven counts of fraud relating to scams between July 21 and Aug. 16, 2023, in which grandparents were duped into handing over cash or property worth $70,000.

For some it’s incomprehensible that seniors can be so easily misled into turning over large sums of money by con artists posing as relatives or people in........

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