The Philippines
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children: Hidden in Plain Sight
International Justice Mission has worked in the Philippines alongside the Philippine public justice system for over 20 years—first combating sex...
July 27
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Study reveals dramatic rise in the prevalence of internet-based child sexual exploitation in the Philippines
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Within three years, the estimated prevalence rate of internet-based child sexual exploitation in the...
May 21
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
OneRepublic Joins IJM in the Fight to End Modern-Day Slavery
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – International Justice Mission (IJM), a global organization that protects people in poverty from violence, welcomed OneRepublic...
November 11
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Five Children Rescued from Trafficking in Multiple Operations
EASTERN VISAYAS, PHILIPPINES — In a series of police operations on October 9 and 10, Philippine authorities arrested five trafficking suspects who...
October 11
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
U.S. Sex Offender Gets 84 Years for Abusing Filipino Girls
CEBU, PHILIPPINES – This month, a U.S. court sentenced 56-year-old Anthony Schultz to 84 years in prison for filming the rape of underage Filipino...
August 20
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
EUROPOL's Most Wanted: Arrested for Cybersex Trafficking
CEBU, PHILIPPINES – Philippine authorities have captured a Filipino man who was once EUROPOL’s most wanted criminal. His alleged crime: producing and...
July 25
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Slavery
Jenette Helps Survivors Make Sense of their World
When a child experiences horrific forms of violence and abuse—whether enslaved in a fishing industry or forced to sell her body to men three to four...
June 19
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Real Results from Investigative Workshop in the Philippines
The Advanced Investigative Workshop, held March 25-April 5 in Cebu, brought global collaboration from nations like Australia, the U.K. and the U.S....
May 31
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
11 Children Rescued from Online Exploitation
Their crime: allegedly offering to live-stream sexual exploitation of the children online for foreign predators who pay to watch.
March 28