Online Platforms Skyrocket During COVID-19, Increasing Risks for Sexual Exploitation of Children Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced children throughout the world to change normal practices of life into new ways of communicating and socializing, that has largely been made possible through online platforms and applications. With schools shut down, learning has moved to online classrooms and e-learning applications. Meeting and socializing with friends through social media online […]
Cambodian Boy Discloses Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by U.S. Citizen; Offender Charged.
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 […]
APLE Sets Child Friendly Room up in the Kampot Provincial Police Station.
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 […]
4 Underage Girls Disclosed Sexual Abuse; Offender Charged
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, […]
Dutchman Paid 19 Boys to Take Their Naked Photographs, Police Say
Siem Reap provincial police officers on Wednesday interviewed 12 underage boys who say a Dutchman paid them a few dollars each to pose for nude photographs, after seven other boys claimed the same on Tuesday, a police official said. Evrard-Nicolas Sarot, 53, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon outside a Siem Reap City hotel for allegedly […]
Dutchman held in Cambodia with 1,000s of child porn photos
PHNOM PENH – A 53-year-old Dutchman has been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly taking thousands of sexually explicit photos of teenage boys in exchange for a few dollars, a police official said on Wednesday. Evrard Nicolas Sarot, 53, was a detained on Tuesday in Siem Reap province with pictures on his iPad and a digital […]
Alleged Child Sex Abuser Has Active US Warrants
U.S. court records detail felony child sex charges and outstanding warrants against a Cambodian-American man who was charged in Takeo province last week for alleged crimes against 11 local boys, putting the spotlight on the challenge authorities face in trying to prevent sex offenders from entering the country. Cambodia, long known as a destination for […]
Dutchman arrested in Cambodia for child porn photos
Cambodia arrested a 53-year-old Dutchman while he was photographing naked boys by a lakeside in a village in northwestern Siem Reap province on Tuesday, according to an anti-pedophile agency's media release on Wednesday. Police identified the suspect as Saraot Evrard Nicolas, a tourist to the province. According to the Siem Reap Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile […]
Dutchman Caught for Child Pornography Charges
Siem Reap, Police from Siem Reap Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Unit yesterday arrested a 53-year-old Dutchman while he was photographing naked boys aged between 11 and 15 years by the lakeside in Aranh Sarkor village, Sangkat Siem Reap. According to police report, seven victims have so far confirmed abuse, but the number could reach […]
Villagers Detail Alleged Molester’s Methods
The chief of a village where 11 boys were allegedly molested by a Cambodian-American man said on Tuesday that many local boys, including his son, had spent time unsupervised with the man, who was charged on Monday with procuring child prostitution. While the chief’s son said he was not touched inappropriately at the pagoda in […]