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Cybersex trafficking

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Cybersex trafficking is distinct from other sex crimes in that it involves the trafficking of the victim and then the simultaneous use of live streaming software and webcams, including those on smartphones and tablet computers.

Cybersex trafficking is a cybercrime that involves sex trafficking, and the live streaming of coerced[1][2] sexual acts or rape on webcam.[3][4][5] It is also known as live streaming sexual abuse[6][7][8] and webcam sex tourism/abuse[9]

Cybersex trafficking is different from other sex crimes.[3] Victims are transported to 'cybersex dens'.[10][11][12] These are locations with webcams[13][4][14] and internet-connected devices with live streaming software. There, victims are forced to perform sexual acts[2] on themselves or other people[15] in sexual slavery.[2][16] They may also be raped by the traffickers or assisting assaulters, with the attack being streamed live videos. Victims are frequently ordered to watch the paying live distant consumers or purchasers on shared screens and follow their commands.[5][17][18] It is a commercialized,[19] cyber form of forced prostitution.[2][20] Women,[21][22][23] children, and poor people are particularly vulnerable.[5][14]The images or movies generated may be child pornography.[24][25][26] The activities are filmed and broadcast in real time and can be recorded.[27]

Victims

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The victims are mostly women[28][29][17] and children.[21] They are abducted,[2] threatened, or deceived.[5][17] Some of them are drugged.[30] Those who are of a lower class, discriminate race, minority, or other social disadvantages have a higher risk of becoming a victim.[31] Cybersex trafficking that affects girls and women has also been called "digital gender violence" or 'online gender-based violence.'[32]

In certain countries, victims are still prosecuted, even though they were forced.[31]

Captured victims in sex dens

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When victims are kidnapped or abducted, they are locked up.[17] They are put in room that either has no windows at all, or where the windows are covered. There always is a webcam.[5] They experience physical and psychological trauma.[5][33][25] The webcam records everything they do. Gang rape has occurred on webcam.[16][34] Some are forced to have sex with family members or close relatives.[35] When they refuse to do something, or they don't perform well, they are denied food[16] or deprived of sleep.[17] Sometimes, they are forced to perform even though they are sick.[1]

While they are in captivity, they get infected with diseases.[1] An example of a disease they get is tuberculosis. A number are assaulted[1][17] or tortured.[26][36]

Setting up what is called a 'cybersex den' is not difficult: All that is needed is a webcam, a computer, a mobile phone, a tablet or similar device and an internet connection.[4] These locations, commonly referred to as 'cybersex dens,'[10][11][12] can be in homes, hotels, offices, internet cafes, and other businesses. Because it is so easy to set up a cybersex den, it is extremely difficult or impossible for law enforcement to identify.[5] The number of cybersex trafficking victims is unknown.[35][37][38] Some victims are simultaneously forced into prostitution in a brothel or other location.[39]

Freeing victims

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Some of the victims are children. When they are exploited, this is called commercial sexual exploitation of children. When parents want to rescue their children, they often need help. After they are rescued, the children are often separated from their families. They then start a new life in what is called a shelter.[40]

Free victims

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Not all victims are transported elsewhere, and held captive. Sometimes, people fall prey to blackmailing and sextortion. They are threatened,[41] webcam blackmailed,[42] or bullied to film themselves committing sexual acts online.[43] Victims have been forced to self-penetrate. This has been called 'rape at a distance.'[42] Others are deceived, including by phony romantic partners who are really rape or child pornography distributors. They are made to film themselves masturbating.[33] The videos are live streamed to purchasers or recorded for later sale.[27]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "After Fleeing North Korea, Women Get Trapped as Cybersex Slaves in China". The New York Times. September 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "North Korean women 'forced into sex slavery' in China – report". BBC News. May 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carback, Joshua T. (2018). "Cybersex Trafficking: Toward a More Effective Prosecutorial Response". Criminal Law Bulletin. 54 (1): 64–183.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Cybersex Trafficking". IJM. 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "Cyber-sex trafficking: A 21st century scourge". CNN. July 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ Brown, Rick; Napier, Sarah; Smith, Russell G (2020), Australians who view live streaming of child sexual abuse: An analysis of financial transactions, Australian Institute of Criminology, ISBN 9781925304336 pp. 1–4.
  7. ↑ "Child Sex Abuse Livestreams Increase During Coronavirus Lockdowns". NPR. April 8, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Philippines child slavery survivors fight to heal scars of abuse". Reuters. April 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Masri, Lena (2015-12-31). "Webcam Child Sex Abuse". Capstones.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Senator warns of possible surge in child cybersex traffic". The Philippine Star. April 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Duterte's drug war and child cybersex trafficking". The ASEAN Post. October 18, 2019.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Norwegian national, partner nabbed; 4 rescued from cybersex den". Manila Bulletin. May 1, 2020. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  13. ↑ "International Efforts by Police Leadership to Combat Human Trafficking". FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. June 8, 2016.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Child sex abuse live streams rising at 'alarming rate' amid surge in 'cybersex trafficking'". The Independent. November 16, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Safe from harm: Tackling online child sexual abuse in the Philippines". UNICEF Blogs. June 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Smith, Nicola; Farmer, Ben (May 20, 2019). "Oppressed, enslaved and brutalised: The women trafficked from North Korea into China's sex trade". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 "These North Korean defectors were sold into China as cybersex slaves. Then they escaped". CNN. June 10, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Man jailed in Sweden for ordering webcam rape in Philippines". The Telegraph. January 10, 2013. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Child Sexual Exploitation". Europol. 2020.
  20. ↑ Greiman, Virginia & Bain, Christina (2013). "The Emergence of Cyber Activity as a Gateway to Human Trafficking". Journal of Information Warfare. 12 (2): 41–49. p. 43.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Police rescue 4 women, child from Dumaguete cybersex den". Cebu Daily News. April 30, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Australian arrested over alleged cybersex den". ABC News. April 19, 2013.
  23. ↑ "In cybersex den: Dutchman nabbed, 8 women rescued". The Freeman. August 9, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Philippines Makes More Child Cybersex Crime Arrests, Rescues". VOA. May 12, 2017.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Philippine children exploited in billion-dollar webcam paedophilia industry". The Sydney Morning Herald. July 8, 2014.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "First paedophile in NSW charged with cybersex trafficking". the Daily Telegraph. March 27, 2017.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Study on the Effects of New Information Technologies on the Abuse and Exploitation of Children" (PDF). UNODC. 2015.
  28. ↑ "Sri Lankan made Filipina wife 'cybersex slave' and molested stepdaughter". PLN. July 12, 2019.
  29. ↑ "China: Thousands of North Korean women forced into prostitution: report". Deutsche Welle. May 20, 2019.
  30. ↑ "Drugged Pinays paid P300 for cybersex". Journal Online (Philippines). May 2, 2020. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "No country is free from child sexual abuse, exploitation, UN's top rights forum hears". UN News. March 3, 2020.
  32. ↑ "Lawmakers vow to thwart 'digital gender violence'". Taipei Times. May 13, 2020.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Thai police say cybersex traffickers targeting boys from wealthy families". Reuters. June 17, 2019.
  34. ↑ "Attackers broadcast woman's horrific gang rape on Facebook Live as webcam shows the moment police arrived to save the victim". The New Zealand Herald. January 24, 2017.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Philippines targets cybersex trafficking but young victims are often left in limbo". South China Morning Post. May 6, 2019.
  36. ↑ "Why Are Australian Telcos and ISPs Enabling a Child Sexual Abuse Pandemic?". ABC. July 6, 2017.
  37. ↑ "Global taskforce tackles cybersex child trafficking in the Philippines". Reuters. April 15, 2019.
  38. ↑ "Surge in online sex trade of children challenges anti-slavery campaigners". Reuters. December 1, 2016.
  39. ↑ "8 kids rescued from cybersex den in Taguig". Rappler. June 11, 2015.
  40. ↑ "'We didn't have much to eat': Poverty pushes some kids towards paid sex abuse in the Philippines". CNA. July 9, 2019.
  41. ↑ "Swedish man convicted over 'online rape' of teens groomed into performing webcam sex acts". The Independent. December 1, 2017.
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 "Five years in jail for "rape at a distance" for online abuser". The Brussels Times. September 26, 2018.
  43. ↑ "Nepal Failing to Protect Women from Online Abuse". Human Rights Watch. May 18, 2020.
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