Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, said: "Banks occupy positions of trust.
Executives hold positions of trust: betraying that trust is a serious matter.
Next, white-collar crimes typically involve abuse of positions of trust and power.
The lives of others are not to be needlessly intruded on by those in positions of trust.
Of those, six were in positions of trust – three teachers, two charity or fundraiser workers and one who was employed by a local authority.
The doctor was among 19 suspects employed in positions of trust and sensitivity, including six teachers, four other school staff, two police workers and a scout leader.
Compounding the original trauma is the fact that victims' voices are often silenced, sometimes by those in positions of trust or power.
Installed in these lofty positions of trust, Ezra Merkin seemed to be a Wall Street wise man who could be trusted completely to manage other people's money.
"It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks".
"A robust system is needed to ensure effective barriers are in place to prevent people from negotiating themselves into positions of trust in order to sexually abuse children".
We know of high-profile cases where abusers, such as Jimmy Savile, used their positions of trust to gain unfettered access to children.
