The Inability to Combat Child Sex Blamed on "Legal Loophole"
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The Inability to Combat Child Sex Blamed on "Legal Loophole"
...Thirteen years after the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Police was established under the Interior Ministry, the overt abuse of minors has significantly decreased. However, police and investigators say criminal networks have become more sophisticated, taking their trade underground, where legal loopholes and a lack of resources leave young victims at the mercy of their masters.
As a result of a 2010 amendment to the penal code broadly criminalizing the covert collection of audio, video and photographs of persons, police are forced to build cases against suspected offenders without using evidence gathered undercover. So NGOs, with their own investigative teams specialized in the sex trade, often identify a case first, then work alongside police to convince prosecutors to sign off on a raid...
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/loop ... sex-86980/
As a result of a 2010 amendment to the penal code broadly criminalizing the covert collection of audio, video and photographs of persons, police are forced to build cases against suspected offenders without using evidence gathered undercover. So NGOs, with their own investigative teams specialized in the sex trade, often identify a case first, then work alongside police to convince prosecutors to sign off on a raid...
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/loop ... sex-86980/
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