A leader of the House of Representatives expressed on Sunday the Lower Chamber’s readiness to extend assistance to the law enforcement authorities’ campaign against the online sexual exploitation of Filipino children.Tingog Sinirangan party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez said the House leadership was ready to aid law enforcement agencies in their fight against transnational child sexual exploitation.
The House leader made the pledge after police authorities in Biliran province arrested five traffickers who were caught offering minor girls for sexual exploitation online in exchange for money from an online predator based in Australia. She took the opportunity to commend the members of the police’s Women and Children Protection Center-Visayas Field Unit , Philippine National Police units in Biliran, and other international agencies for conducting operations that led to the rescue of five victims, whose ages range from 14 to 17 years old.
“Let me also commend the foreign counterparts of our law enforcers. The success of their operation showed that only through international cooperation can we successfully combat transnational child sexual exploitation,” she added.
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