Online sexual exploitation hot spots, tutukuyin

Sinabi ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre na tutukuyin ng gobyerno ang hot spots ng online sexual exploitation sa bansa.

Ayon sa kalihim, nakikipagtulungan ang law enforcement agencies ng pamahalaan sa International Justice Mission (IJM) sa pagtunton sa hot spots.

“IJM alongside the Philippine government for investigation would formulate activities that would focus on geographical hot spots for online sexual exploitation of children,” sabi niya sa isang pahayag.

“Henceforth, this will further enhance the protection of vulnerable children in target regions and nationality,” sabi ni Aguirre, na siya ring chairman ng Interagency Council Against Child Trafficking (IACAT).

Sinabi ni Aguirre na ito ay bahagi ng magkakasunod na aktibidad sa ilalim ng Child Protection Compact (CPC) partnership ng Pilipinas at ng United States.

Binanggit din niya ang ipinagkaloob na $3.5 million o P175 milyon ng Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) ng US State Department, sa implementing partners na IJM at Salvation Army World Service Office.

“Being the first in the region, the CPC partnership aims to support sustainable improvements to combat online sexual exploitation of children and child labor trafficking and to expand specialized child protection services and prevention efforts to further improve the coordination among coordinating agencies,” paliwanag niya.

Inihayag din ni Aguirre na ang IJM at ang Salvation Army ay nagsimula nang makipagtulungan sa pamahalaan ng Pilipinas at sa iba pang civil society organizations upang lalong mapatibay ang pagsisikap ng pamahalaan “to investigate, prosecute, and convict child traffickers; give a wide-ranging, trauma informed care for child victims of such crimes; and to stop online sexual exploitation of children and forced labor from happening.”