Online Sexual Exploitation of Children is Rising in Lockdown
Will you help us rescue children at risk and stop their abusers?
The livestreaming of sexual abuse of children
is increasing during lockdown.
Home should be the safest place.
Yet many children in the Philippines are trapped indoors with their abusers,
while Western sex offenders are spending more time online.
Children are urgently in need of rescue.
Help our rescue teams continue to find and free children #UnsafeInLockdown
Law enforcement around the world are seeing increases in demand for child sexual exploitation materials, with some of these websites crashing from increased traffic. IJM is urgently working alongside law enforcement to find these vulnerable children and bring them to safety.
We've already supported more than 10 rescue operations since lockdown started.
Will you help find these children?
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We need you to make sure that IJM teams and our law enforcement partners on the frontlines - those investigating this crime - have the resources they need to find children and stop abusers.
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Why would online sexual exploitation of children increase with COVID-19?
Evidence points to a rise in reports of online sexual exploitation of children during lockdown.
In the Philippines—the global hotspot for live-streamed online sexual exploitation of children - reports of all types of online child exploitation more than tripled from January to March this year, according to new data released by the Philippines Department of Justice Office of Cybercrime.
Supply Has Increased
Cybersex trafficking happens in private homes. Almost two thirds of children rescued by law enforcement and IJM are abused by their own family or close family friends. Filipino children are trapped at home with their abusers, unable to go to school or report abuse.
Demand Has Increased
Globally, COVID-19 has produced a higher demand from child sex offenders who have more time on their hands, with ready access to the internet and streaming devices. From Europol to Australian police, law enforcement around the world have warned of increased perpetrator activity.
Resources Are Stretched
Due to social and economic disruptions caused by COVID-19, police forces and NGOs are facing new challenges in their work, having to find new ways to cope with increased exploitation, and to operate in a difficult environment with limited resources.
There is hope.
Read our stories of rescue
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