Sex Predators Thriving In A Pandemic
Social media has become an essential facet in many societies.
Social media has become an essential facet in many societies.
Over the past few months, agents from the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) have been training Cambodian police to investigate online child sex abuse cases amid concerns that it is becoming more prevalent in the country.
Southeast Asia is in the grip of a fresh surge of paedophile activity with predators orchestrating and watching abuse on live-streaming sites and via webcams, and paying for it with near-untraceable cryptocurrency, victims and children's charities warn. With widespread poverty, lax laws, and creaking judicial systems, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao, and the Philippines have long been seen as soft spots by foreign and local paedophiles seeking out underage sex in person.&nb