Former Child Victim Informs NGO about Sexual Exploitation of Young Females

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A former child victim’s brave report to child protection organization APLE about alleged sexual exploitation of minors and adults led to a successful police operation on Monday. The suspect, a 37- year-old female called H.S. was arrested by AHTJP police when she tried to bring two young females, aged 17 and […]

Mothers’ Complaints Lead to Arrest of Mexican and German

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A rapid response from the Chbar Ampov district police and AHTJP police resulted in the arrest of a 56-year-old German national on Tuesday. After an initial complaint filed by the mother of a victim aged 9, police investigation, with the assistance of child protection organization APLE Cambodia, revealed five more victims. […]

Report on Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse Cases by APLE

Non-Deportation and Lenient Sentence for Child Sex Offender Causes Outrage

Phnom Penh – The impending release of child sex offender and NGO director Philippe Broaly has caused outrage among seventeen child protection NGOs. Last month, Broaly, a French national, was convicted for sexual crimes against five boys over an extended period. However, he was only sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, 5.5 months of which were […]

Cable shows cartel’s reach

A sex-trafficking network that included “high-ranking” government officials and had infiltrated Cambodian law enforcement agencies and NGOs for years worked to cover up Vietnamese sex rings and collect payoffs from illegal prostitution establishments in Phnom Penh. However, four years after a court finally convicted the police official at the network’s head, the same man still […]

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Australian Primary School Teacher Convicted for Child Sex Offenses

Phnom Penh, a 52-year-old Australian primary school teacher, George Moussallie, was sentenced to five years imprisonment for sexually abusing 6 underage boys, aged 3 to 13 years old. The court also ordered George Moussallie to pay 10 million riel compensation to 2 plaintiffs, a 5 million riel fine, and ordered his deportation upon the completion […]

Child sex trade on decline: org

A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied the executive summary of the study went on to […]

Male Victims of Sexual Violence Struggle for Voice

A recent spate of cases of alleged sexual abuse of boys, several involving directors of child welfare NGOs, has drawn renewed attention to the prevalence of such crimes in Cambodia. Yet the male victims of such abuse remain shut out from support services due a perception that only women and girls can be victims of […]