Phnom Penh –On December 19th, 2019, The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced a verdict against Mr. Thorn Vichet, a Cambodian sex offender, sentencing him to 5 years in jail with a 2 year suspension, as well as ordering him to pay a compensation of approximately 3,000 USD to a girl victim for “Indecent Act Against
Phnom Penh – On October 1st, 2019, six Cambodian girl victims of sexual abuse received a compensation of approximately USD 23,250 in total, after a Swedish court pronounced a verdict against Swedish national Ulf Christian Goransson, found guilty of child sexual abuse and exploitation. In 2015, six street girls were rescued from sexual abuse and
Siem Reap – On August 28th of 2019, The Siem Reap Provincial Court pronounced an in absentia verdict against Israeli national Mr. Ezra Balfour, aged 60, found guilty of “Indecent Act against a Minor Under 15 Years” under the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. The man was arrested, sentenced to 3
Phnom Penh – On Friday, August 09th of 2019, The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced a verdict against U.K. national Mr. Stephen John Loryman, found guilty of “Indecent Act Against a Minor Under 15 Years” under the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. The man was sentenced to 15 months in jail
Siem Reap: On 18th of July, 2019, the Siem Reap provincial court charged a U.S. Citizen from Massachusetts, aged 56, with the alleged acts of purchasing child prostitution, child pornography and rape under the law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. Following disclosure of sexual abuse by a 16 year-old boy, The Siem
Kampot: On 31st of May, 2019, Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE Cambodia), with the financial support of Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdHNL), celebrated the launching of a child-friendly interview room within the Anti- Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Unit in the Kampot Provincial Police Commissariat. The establishment of this room aims to ease the process
Phnom Penh: On 22nd of May 2019, The Siem Reap provincial court charged one U.S. American national from Florida, aged 38, with the crime of Indecent Act against a Minor under Fifteen Years under the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. After four underage girls (aged 12-15) disclosed the abuse, the police,
Phnom Penh: On 28th of March, 2019, APLE, with support of Bread for The World and Terre des Hommes Netherlands, in partnership with Liberty Shared and the Cambodian National Police, delivered a workshop named “Child Friendly Practice in Justice Proceedings to Protect Child Victims and Witnesses of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation”. The event, carried out
Phnom Penh: On February 19th of 2019, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two Cambodian women aged 37 and 45 years old with aggravated procurement of child prostitution as mandated in the Art.27 of Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation and Art.288 of the Criminal Code of The Kingdom of Cambodia). The
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – November 29, 2018 Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged a 57-year-old British citizen with Article 43 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, related to Indecent Act involving four boys aged between 9 and 14 years. On November 25, the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department arrested the
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