The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday said there was a steady increase in online sexual exploitation of children in the country.
A consistent and sharp rise in the number of IP addresses for Child Sexual Exploitation linked to the Philippines was seen - from 2,326 IP addresses in 2014 to 4,872 in 2017, based on the data provided by DOJ spokesperson Atty. Mico Clavano on Saturday.
The DOJ, citing the Anti-Money Laundering Council , also said there was a 130% increase in Suspicious Transaction Reports that may involve online sexual abuse or exploitation of children from 2019 to 2020.It said that most months of 2020 also reflected a significant month-to-month increase from 2019.
The department said this number increased seven-fold in 2021 with 3,084,566, while for the first semester of 2022, at least 1,044,420 CTRs were received. It said that the Cyber-TIP Monitoring assisted in the successful investigations of six operations that resulted in the apprehension of five perpetrators and the rescue of 60 possible OSEC victims.
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