Interpol to get evidence in Dutch webcam pedophilia sting

Interpol said Tuesday, November 5, it was waiting for information from Dutch authorities after a rights group said it had identified 1,000 pedophiles by offering online sex with a computer-generated 10-year-old girl. The Lyon-based international police agency said it was aware of the sting operation by Dutch rights group Terre des Hommes Netherlands but had not yet received any evidence. Terre des Hommes said Monday, November 4, it had deployed the computer-generated Filipina girl – dubbed Sweetie – to Internet chat rooms to ensnare web predators. Within a 10-week period, over 20,000 predators from 71 countries approached Sweetie, asking for webcam sex performances. The group said it wanted to raise the alarm about a largely unknown but quickly spreading new form of child exploitation that has tens of thousands of victims in the Philippines alone, known as webcam child sex tourism.


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