endIndex: The number of online tips about alleged activities involving online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC rose to 1.2 million in 2020, said the country’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking. (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) The number of online tips about alleged activities involving online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC rose to 1.2 million in 2020, said the country’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking.
This is three times the 400,000 reports received in 2019, the council said.
In a meeting with the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Welfare of Children Thursday, Department of Justice Assistant State Prosecutor Yvette Coronel clarified these numbers reflect tips or reports given to the agency, and not actual cases.