Awareness Week should prompt gov t on heightened crackdown vs. online child sexual abuse - Gatchalian
Amidst the observance of the National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation every second week of February every year, Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP) to sustain and boost efforts to curb online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) in the country.
According to Gatchalian, this entails steps such as the continuous monitoring of internet service providers (ISPs) compliance with the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 (Republic Act No. 9775) following a surge of activities linked to OSEC.
Crime by Jack Paynter 11th Feb 2021 10:23 AM Nine children, including some as young as two years old, have been rescued from alleged child exploitation in the Philippines after a tip-off from Australian Federal Police. The tip-off came after a Victorian man was charged for allegedly paying for live-distance child exploitation in November 2019. The children, aged between two and 16 years old, were removed from harm last week after the AFP alerted the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Centre (PICACC). Philippine National Police launched an operation on February 3, 2021, in Angeles City, north of the capital Manila, that led to the arrest of a 42-year-old woman for her alleged role as the facilitator of online child sexual abuse.
Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian on Thursday called on the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP) to sustain and boost efforts to curb online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) in the country.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (M
Published January 20, 2021, 6:14 PM
The Department of Justice (DoJ) relayed Wednesday to the House Committee on Welfare of Children that despite the government’s imposition of lockdown last year, there has been “significant” increase in the number of victims rescued from online sexual abuse and exploitation from 2019 to 2020.
During the House panel’s initial virtual probe on the increasing cases of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), DoJ-Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) deputy executive director Atty. Ma. Yvette Coronel said from 2019 to 2020, there is a comparative increase in the numbers of operations conducted and rescued victims involving OSEC-related crimes.
She noted the data is culled from the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center (PICACC), which is a partnership between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the NBI-Anti Human Trafficking Division (AHTRAD).
endIndex: The number of online tips about alleged activities involving online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC rose to 1.2 million in 2020, said the country’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking. (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) The number of online tips about alleged activities involving online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC rose to 1.2 million in 2020, said the country’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking.
This is three times the 400,000 reports received in 2019, the council said.
In a meeting with the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Welfare of Children Thursday, Department of Justice Assistant State Prosecutor Yvette Coronel clarified these numbers reflect tips or reports given to the agency, and not actual cases.