The Philippines
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Four Days. Three Operations. 16 Children Now Safe.
Armed with a search warrant, officers from the Philippine National Police intended only to look through 71-year-old Herman Arnett Ross’s Angeles City...
February 20
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Wave of Rulings Ushers in Justice for Vulnerable Children
In just the first month of the year, bold judgments in Philippine courts are protecting children across the country—and global collaboration is...
February 12