Hong Kong juveniles as young as seven are increasingly becoming victims of child pornography or sex crimes as they take to the Internet to make friends while getting stuck at home amid theThe force also said cases of “sextortion”, in which victims aged 12 to 64 were blackmailed after compromising online chats were recorded, jumped from 171 over the whole of last year to 616 between January and September this year.
During the same period this year, the number of cases of unlawful sexual intercourse rose to 85, while in 38 instances, the offenders found their prey online. The youngest victim was only 10 years old. In one of the most shocking cases earlier this year, a 15-year-old girl had her nude photos taken at a hotel by a man she met online. The man had sex with the girl and forced her to have sex with four others, threatening to make public the photos if she did not.
As for the child pornography cases, Cheung said many of the criminals found their prey via dating apps.The criminals would pretend to be sweet and loving men while befriending the victims through online platforms. The girls would later be asked to send nude photos of themselves to the men. In at least one case, a man had disguised himself as a girl and asked another girl to send him nude photos.
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