Danudetch Nene Saengkaew, 28, was arrested in Thailand on February 11
The Thai national has been charged with numerous child sex abuse offences
Thai police say they seized more than half a million files of child abuse material
He ran Nene Modelling, a top agency which worked with advertising firms
Thai authorities said his victims were male minors aged between six to 15
Thai Child Modelling Agent Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse
February 17, 2021
Child sexual abuse: Police in Thailand arrested a 23-year-old Danudet Sangkaew, child modelling agent after a raid at his office uncovered more than half a million images related to child sexual abuse.
These images involved at least 40 minors from Thailand, and thousands of children from around the world.
Danudet goes by the nickname âNeneâ and ran one of Thailandâs top modelling agencies, Nene Modelling Agency. On February 16, 2021, Thailandâs department of special investigations (DSI) announced that the raid at the agency took place on February 11, 2021, following a tip-off from the Australian police. Operation Underground Railroad, a non-profit group that specialises in the rescue of child sex trafficking victims, along with police and federal investigators from New Zealand were also involved in the investigation.
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Thai modelling agent Danudet Nene Sangkaew was arrested on Feb 11, 2021 at his home office, where he allegedly sexually assaulted children and produced child pornographic materials. (Photo: Department of Special Investigation)
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BANGKOK: A child modelling agent in Thailand was arrested and charged for alleged child sexual assault and child pornography in a high-profile case involving transnational crimes and thousands of children across the world.
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image captionPolice arrested Danudetch Nene Saengkaew after raiding his agency
Thai police have arrested the head of a child modelling agency after more than 500,000 indecent images of children were found on computer hard drives.
Danudetch Nene Saengkaew, 23, has been charged with child sexual abuse and downloading child abuse images.
Investigators say the images were found in a raid on the Nene Modelling Agency, north of the capital Bangkok.
The raid was the culmination of a months-long operation that began with a tip-off from Australian police.
The FBI and New Zealand police were also involved in the investigation, officials said, along with Operation Underground Railroad - a non-profit group that helps governments rescue sex trafficking victims.