Cybercrime Report PDF
Cybercrime Report PDF
Cybercrime Report PDF
INTERNET SECURITY
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“Child pornography is a billion-dollar industry, and Filipino children are the ones
being traded and exploited online. Children who are made to perform sex acts in
front of a web camera will never get their childhood back. We must all work together
to protect our children,” Unicef Country Representative Lotta Sylwander said.
Experts believe the Philippines is a global hub for the production of such
material. Historical, technological and social factors help to explain why. The high
level of proficiency in English, a relic of the country’s time as an American colony,
means that both children and those abusing them can communicate easily with
clients.
The swift spread of the internet, to which 55% of Filipinos now have access,
up from 9% in 2009, means cybersex dens can operate in increasingly remote areas.
-The Economist
CASE STUDY
Advocates pointed out the case of a 44-year-old Filipino mother who sold her
five-year-old daughter to undress before her New Zealander boyfriend in front of a
web camera. Jedeka Martinez also urged her nieces, aged eight and 14 years old,
to undress for P200 per peek. Martinez, at first, allegedly cavorted before her
foreigner boyfriend via the web cam. But she allegedly turned to her daughter when
the New Zealander asked her if she had any kids who could act out the part. She
reportedly volunteered her child and two nieces and gave them P200 per session.
The police received a phone call from a concerned neighbor that there were
children locked at the residence of Jedeka. Jedeka was arrested for child abuse. If
not for the timely arrival of the police, the minor children would have been subjected
to further abuse.
Aside from Martinez’s private peep show, Mendoza claimed that there are about 50
to 75 cyber-sex dens operating in the country today, accessible from anywhere
around the world through chat rooms over the Internet.
• Gender: Female
• Verdict: Guilty
Sources / Citations
• Attachments CRIM._CASE_NO._CBU-77031.PDF
ACTIONS TAKEN
• To counter the threats, Unicef Philippines continues to engage with social
media networks, remittance agencies and internet service providers to
establish policies to protect children from the sex trade.
• The UN body is also conducting 3 studies that will help understand the root
causes of child sex trafficking. These are the Kids Online Survey; the National
Study on Child Online Sexual Exploitation; and Changing Social Behavior on
Child Online Protection in Communities.
• Aside from these, the Philippine government has also stepped up in terms of
protecting children’s online welfare by including a child online protection
provision in Republic Act 10929, or the Free Internet in Public Places Act, that
was signed into a law last August.
• The Philippine government has met the US’ minimum standards against
human trafficking for two years, according to the US State Department’s
annual Trafficking in Persons report. However, Unicef said there is still work
needed to be done on the issue.
REFERENCES
• https://www.rappler.com/nation/191219-philippines-top-global-source-ch
ild-pornography-unicef
• https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/01/04/the-philippines-is-a-global-h
ub-for-child-pornography
• https://www.pressreader.com/
• https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2006/06/30/344639/recent-cases-sho
w-child-pornography-rp-worsening
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-24818769
• http://primer.com.ph/blog/2016/05/22/list-of-credible-websites-in-ph-that-
you-should-know-of/
• https://www.rappler.com/nation/190852-kids-sexual-trafficking-rehabilitat
ion
• https://coconuts.co/manila/news/philippines-still-among-worlds-top-sour
ces-child-porn-unicef/
• https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/case-law-doc/traffickingpersonscrimetype/
phl/2009/crim._case_no._cbu-77031.html