Child prostitution is Child sexual exploitation
Certain technologies form part of our day to day lives which seems to be harmless. However, most people do not realize that technologies such as live streaming, social networks, chat rooms, hidden services are empowering the online sexual exploitation of children, often for profit.
Perpetrators can pay not only to have access to the so called “child pornography” but also to have direct sexual abuse of the child from anywhere in the world. The places used can be private homes, internet cafes, or “cyber dens” in or near the child’s community.
It is estimated that one million children (mainly girls) enter the multibillion dollar commercial sex trade every year and the issue is global.
11,000 reports made to the AFP in 2015
Approximately 1 in 7 (13%) youth Internet users received unwanted sexual solicitations
Over 40,000 child prostitution in Sri Lanka
Who is Being Abused
- Under 18
- Under 8
- Under 12
Who are the perpetrators?
An estimated 60% of perpetrators of sexual abuse are known to the child but are not family members.
About 30% of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are family members.
CSAE on the Darknet
Services like TOR chat designed to be untraceable, facilitate engagement among offenders. Recent developments on TOR include the possibility of downloading Apps onto mobile Android devices, as well as “safeplug” hardware to anonymize web browsing by linking to wireless routers and streaming data onto TOR.
Child Sex Tourism
Information whereas children in foreign destinations for prostitution is available in paedophile newsgroups and forums on Internet. In some countries, there is a thriving commercial sex industry, and such information can be obtained from taxi drivers, hotel concierges, newspaper advertisements
Australians have been identified as travelling sex offenders in at least 25 countries and as the largest group of sex tourists prosecuted in Thailand (31% of the total)
