Four Arrested in Years-Old Child Rape Case
by Chhorn Phearun | January 9, 2017 Kompong Thom police arrested four people on Sunday in connection with raping a minor several times over the course of her employment at a pig slaughterhouse in 2014 and 2015. “The girl worked at the butcher for six months,” during which time its owner and two of its […]
Siem Reap Bar Owner Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Children
By Janelle Retka | December 16, 2016 A Siem Reap City bar owner and real estate developer was convicted last week in Australia of 10 counts of sexual abuse involving children and had his bail revoked, according to court records. Anthony Munro, 71, was arrested on his return to his home country after living for […]
Cambodia Marks ‘National Anti-Human Trafficking Day’ 12 December
Phnom Penh – 11 December 2016: At Koh Pich Theater, some 3,000 participants celebrated the National Anti-Human Trafficking Day to mark their efforts to combat human trafficking in Cambodia. The event was organized by the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), in collaboration with other development partners and organizations. Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, Chairman […]
Interactive Workshop on Meaningful Remedies for Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Phnom Penh – 7 December 2016: Interactive Workshop on Meaningful Remedies for Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse was held by APLE Cambodia with the collaboration of ICRP and Terre des Hommes Netherlands and was attended by 55 participants from national and international law enforcement, relevant ministries, NGOs, and young people. The main purposes […]
Expert Roundtable Discussion On Online Child Safety and The Importance of ISPs’ Participation to Child Protection
Phnom Penh – 5 December 2016, APLE Cambodia in collaboration with International Child Redress Project (ICRP) organized an Expert Roundtable Discussion: “Online Child Safety and The Importance of ISPs’ Participation to Child Protection.” The main objectives of the discussion are to provide overview on the nature of online child sexual exploitation in Cambodia and the […]
Conviction of serial child molester at center of federal appeals case to set him free
The arrest of Richard A. Schmidt, a serial child molester from Maryland, was touted more than a decade ago as a major success of a law to track and punish sexual predators globally. Now a federal appeals court must decide whether Schmidt should be set free without any monitoring. Schmidt, who had been an elementary […]
57 Stakeholders Equipped With Knowledge On Child Sexual Abuse And Exploitation
Prevention is one of the main pillars of child protection. In October 2016, 32 NGO personnel and 25 confidential informants were equipped with new knowledge on child sexual abuse and exploitation online & offline through APLE training courses. The courses focused on the new modus operandi of preferential child sex offenders in luring children for […]
Voice of Survivors Could Bring Change to The World
After going through the dark experience of sexual abuse and exploitation, most survivors disperse and there is less opportunity for them to come together. For this reason, APLE’s court support team supported by ECPAT International conducted a local consultation in Phnom Penh on 10 October 2016. The aim of this gathering was to bring survivors […]
Compensation Settlement Could Bring Partial Justice To Child Victims
Paying for the damage cannot remove the injury of sexual abuse and exploitation, but of course it may partly compensate for it. Most of the time, there are compensation orders from the courts, but the actual money that the convicted criminal pays becomes rare because they have no visible money or assets or are simply […]
Nine Underage Girls Rescued
Institutional child sexual abuse and exploitation is a continuing concern in Cambodia. The majority of residential care homes and even some churches are operating without proper and legal registration. Many suspects and perpetrators who intend to target children are likely targeting such institutions. They may apply to be volunteers or full-time staff to easily and […]
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