Inside the Global Taskforce Fighting Child Sex Abuse in the Philippines

Inside the Global Taskforce Fighting Child Sex Abuse in the Philippines | Foreign Correspondent

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Жыл бұрын

In the dead of night in Manila, police officers track down criminals responsible for delivering online child abuse to a growing number Australian customers. This scene has played out dozens of times across the Philippines as cases hit unprecedented levels. Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5
The demand for live streaming child sexual abuse is so high in Australia that AFP officers are now based permanently in the Philippines working with an international task force investigating this distressing cyber-crime.
On Foreign Correspondent reporter Stephanie March has been given exclusive access to the Filipino police and the international task force as they hunt down the abusers and rescue the children.
Parents are often involved in arranging the abuse and in a frank and confronting prison cell exchange Stephanie interviews a mother accused of facilitating the abuse of her own child for money.
Read more here:ab.co/3SVFd0R
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@svamberiv7999 Жыл бұрын

"Poor" is NO excuse for a mother to betray her children. 💔

@Ka-lh1le Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@joanescueta9231 Жыл бұрын

How poor have you been?

@Orbt_ Жыл бұрын

@@joanescueta9231 Girl please. You sound like the criminals who commit these crimes.

@joanescueta9231 Жыл бұрын

@Orbt No, all l am saying is its a very complicated issue. I definitely don't agree with their decisions, its wrong and disgusting on so many levels. For a Filipino woman/girl to leave the Philippines, they have to do a course with CFO, educating them on foreign men and the dangers of trusting them, and they can still be denied from leaving the country in an attempt to stop human trafficking. Yet foreign men can come here and pray on the poor and vulnerable without question. Unless you have experienced these women's lives, you can't judge them as you have no clue to what they have been through, they need help, there is zero social assistance/welfare in the philippines. It's almost impossible to understand unless you've seen their lives first hand.

@svamberiv7999 Жыл бұрын

@@joanescueta9231 I have experienced both homelessness and disability due to injury. My children were always my first priority. My faith and the love of my children kept me alive. 🙏🏼💕

@carolreid7875 Жыл бұрын

If Marie is so concerned about poverty & providing for her children, she should have considered selling herself instead of them.

@catcoffee7958 Жыл бұрын

Or not have that many kids,,,

@carolreid7875 Жыл бұрын

@@catcoffee7958 I could even sympathize if she even stole / robbed to feed the family

@mmm555m 11 ай бұрын

She probably does

@jamesmichaeljean7840 3 ай бұрын

Their catholic priest told them to go forth and spread their seeds and pop out babies like rabbits. 😂

@cominghome9355 2 ай бұрын

@@jamesmichaeljean7840you misspelled islam with catholic. Never heard catholic priest saying something stupid like that

@Jwalker76 Жыл бұрын

One thing I noticed with that Mother in jail was at no point did she say that she was sorry or that she did the wrong thing. All she did was come up with an excuse. There is a massive amount of poor people in the Philippines and the vast majority of them don't do this to their children. Thanks to the police tracking these people down, both here in Australia and in the Philippines.

@7eyesopenwide168 Жыл бұрын

Why didn’t she sell sex herself? She could have. That I could even sympathize with. But instead she sells the kids. Whatever lady.

@zuraineeannuar1535 Жыл бұрын

Yes, she was not sorry. She still think what she did to her children was right. Making them earning money for food. Why not she just sell herself and support her children instead if she think she got no choice at all? Sacrifice yourself as a mother, not your children.

@timfool Жыл бұрын

@@zuraineeannuar1535 How do you know she didn't sell herself too?

@Vikingshop Жыл бұрын

@@zuraineeannuar1535 - EXACTLY

@pinchebruha405 Жыл бұрын

I dare say you are so wrong many of them sell thier children it’s the norm not the exception among the poor. 😢

@RuMiJP Жыл бұрын

Poverty is not an excuse.. I've known a lot of people living along the riverside, creeks, under bridges, and streets but most of them wouldn't trade their kids for anything.. the mother who was interviewed seemed capable of working.. some people are just selfish or lazy.. these parents don't deserve their kids..

@nrjedmradiostation3830 Жыл бұрын

Is that you in the photo? So beautiful?

@RuMiJP Жыл бұрын

@@nrjedmradiostation3830 don't be deceived, it's highly manipulated with filters anyway. Thanks for the compliment.

@nrjedmradiostation3830 Жыл бұрын

@@RuMiJP yeah i know, but it is i came here after watching that americans are marrying women from there and i like so much when two opposites peoples find each other. I am not american but from Spanish ancestry and it's like, I'm very glad women from there have my genes. I cannot marry them because we are sort of relatives, distant relatives but I've been watching lastly many stories about men finding their soulmates in the other side of the World! That's a way to peace. Cheerz!!

@RuMiJP Жыл бұрын

@@nrjedmradiostation3830 when you mean from "there" you mean Japan? I'm from Japan, but I have studied in Philippines for couple years- some of my relatives are pure Filipinos .. I'm mixed Japanese-Filipino it's kinda complicated (Dad is Japanese, my mom is partly Filipina) because my grandpa is spanish- grandma is filipina😅 I was born and raised here in JP. I love hispanics- I can always relate to them.

@nrjedmradiostation3830 Жыл бұрын

@@RuMiJP wow! Supercharged! I write from Argentina, my ancestors are Spain and Basque. I have, excluding Filipino, a bit of all you mentioned but the most, Spanish, Moroccan. When I was a teenager i thought Filipinos were a type of spanish people hehe! People around the world get amazed how they speak spanish.

@dominiquemclaughlin565 Жыл бұрын

"They should be the ones providing for the needs of the children. Not the other way around." Well said.

@fai8h Жыл бұрын

"His youngest victim was 3 years old" That made my soul leave my body. I had to stop the video cause of how shocked I was.

@gavinguedes269 Жыл бұрын

I have been a victim myself ... today I'm 35 .. back in those times .. we never had the chance to speak out ... God bless everyone involved ... in the rescue ... this video has managed to resurface some STRONG SCARS....

@lesliehill3025 Жыл бұрын

Please talk to someone 😢

@heathercarpenter5497 Жыл бұрын

You are safe. You are a survivor ❤️

@Bufekana Жыл бұрын

im sorry to hear that😔, i hope today you live a happier life, my friend. Greetings from Europe👋❤️

@despicabledavidshort3806 Жыл бұрын

Bless your heart ❤️

@ivettedizon7020 Жыл бұрын

Praying for healing 🙏

@maikis9949 Жыл бұрын

This video is so heart-wrenching for moms like me!😭 Such an inhumane and despicable act of a lying and selfish mother like Marie! I am a filipina and I have four kids and I grew up in poverty, too! What she's saying are pure bs! There are a thousand ways to feed your kids, but never ever to sell their soul to these hungry and soul-less perpetrators! I am really fuming mad! Hats-off to these brave crimefighters who never tire of defending these helpless and innocent children.

@timfool Жыл бұрын

I agree. How do you purpose everyone feed their kids? You only have millions of street vendors here. Room for one more?

@ryanheinig7975 Жыл бұрын

Heart-wrenching for dads too, like me, being I genuinely love all children, even if they not my blood, or race. They are all special, and precious too me.

@ryanheinig7975 Жыл бұрын

Same here, but as a father of a 5 year old daughter.

@nuttsack88lees79 Жыл бұрын

disgusting where is the death penalty for these acts

@bhumane8178 Жыл бұрын

But these punishments like praxtized by the mooselems are alwez turned down by human rite activists/governments

@nuttsack88lees79 Жыл бұрын

@@bhumane8178 take a look at peter scully and the sick shit he has done to children and yet he still has time to write a book and a tv interview by 60 minutes

@balladofahomeschooledboy0514 Жыл бұрын

sadly death penalty don't exist in the philippines

@Lucy-ou5hf Жыл бұрын

The judges who decide who goes to prison, many of them are pedophiles themselves.

@jenniferfiler945 9 ай бұрын

Anglo

@eysh4857 Жыл бұрын

Marie, the woman who was selling her children is so disgusting!!! You shouldn’t have made children if you think that the answer why you did that is because you’re Poor! Then sell yourself and not your children!!! I am so sorry, it really makes me so angry 😡

@lilyr7221 Жыл бұрын

Exactly I was thinking the same why didn’t she sell herself if she was that desperate for money! Being poor is just an excuse for her! No sympathy from me to her. Now she will not see her kids for a long time!

@carrieanncancino5118 Жыл бұрын

I commented the same thing. I hope she is locked up forever

@hanglee5586 Жыл бұрын

Sadly this is common there.

@timfool Жыл бұрын

She said because of hunger, not simply poor. You obviously do not know what it is to be hungry. These people do and it makes them use really bad judgement.

@claytonkopachynski4563 Жыл бұрын

That's all they do there , and they blame it on poverty and society .

@xToniMichellex Жыл бұрын

Absolutely sickening, how could a mother sell her own children, lock her up and throw away the key

@sheronwilliamson8224 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you. How can a mother be so callous towards her own child/ children? May God grant these abused "babies" peace. I just cringe thinking about these pedophiles! All sex offenders should serve at least 20 years in jail at hard labour until it can be proven that their hormones are under control. Disgusting!!!!

@joemontes4658 9 ай бұрын

It’s all white straight men. Never drag queens

@ladyasianful 11 ай бұрын

She was afraid and angry while getting arrested but didn’t think about how scared and completely traumatized her kids are?🧐🤯😡

@JustMe-nl1fy Жыл бұрын

Every child deserves to be loved to be happy & healthy and kept safe. But not all "parents" deserve to have children.

@Janeedsleep12345 8 ай бұрын

Nice idea but have you been out of your neighbourhood- that will never happen not in our life times it’s so sad but a reality

@cathyshort Жыл бұрын

I turned to prostitution to give my children a better life, but I know that there would be absolutely no situation where I would offer up my children for the same thing!

@biancat7761 Жыл бұрын

Same thing I was thinking. I'm a SW too and the amount of single mums and mums that do some kind of sex work to make sure their kids have a good life is insane. I'd rather sell a kidney

@wsol80 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! I'm sorry life was that cruel, but you do what's necessary to provide a better life for your loved ones.

@ruxanajewoon517 Жыл бұрын

May God bless u.Hugging you

@catcoffee7958 Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@kelllefae3026 Жыл бұрын

Mama bear x

@briandicks3805 Жыл бұрын

Thank you to all the people who are helping to save these children ♥️

@rollers6883 Жыл бұрын

These police are incredible - thank you

@ijmaus Жыл бұрын

Agreed! The AFP and Philippine law enforcement (PNP and NBI, plus local police) are doing a stellar job and it's great to see that recognised in this story.

@musterlustre1060 Жыл бұрын

I have no sympathy for the arrested mom. She chose to have an easy time peddling her own kid/s.

@ANM21985 Жыл бұрын

I don't think being in poverty should be an allowed "excuse" for such crimes. having said that however, it does seem like extreme poverty is what seduces many adults into facilitating the abuse. I can't help but feel like had this woman been born in a more developed country then she'd probably be living happily with her kids and never gone down this path.. I find the whole situation just really sad.., edit: whilst typing this, i've just seen another comment where someone said why couldn't marie just sell herself instead of her children.. and tbh that is a very good point. It seems like she took an easier way out at the expense of her kids

@paulallen2919 9 ай бұрын

@@ANM21985also, they get more money from selling their children to men abroad

@Desaree1 Жыл бұрын

I hope the officer who says this is the hardest work she has done I just hope she knows she is closely responsible for the rescue of more than 600 ppl. women and children. I hope she knows that although this is most likely a thankless job that if she is still around when these kids get older they will search for the woman who saved their lives. thank you Miss for all this work you do its obvious that you are a beautiful soul and the world would be a better place because of this!

@ijmaus Жыл бұрын

Hear hear!

@dominiquemclaughlin565 Жыл бұрын

MANY thanks to the Global Taskforce for EVERYTHING they are doing, including providing donations, to help these innocent victims.

@mariaantonietta8325 Жыл бұрын

This issue needs to be on the news every time so people know how shameful and disgusting this kind of actions so it will not be dismissed and normalized.

@queenofthebutterflies5212 Жыл бұрын

How could any1 do this? It's beyond disturbing. Thankyou for the footage of the kids receiving gifts 😭 It helped my mind recover a little from the idea of this horrific offending

@rebeccarpwebb4132 Жыл бұрын

We must be aware and get involved, this video was made bc this lady seen and couldn't turn away . We should all feel this way . There's a sheriff in Florida catching a lot of these kinda people . God bless this organization and all who cooperate. The bible says it'd be better to drown yourself than to harm a child . Karma comes swift with no mercy

@vade137 Жыл бұрын

Kenwood Elementary School, Springfield, Ohio....Black Lives Matter attacks little children in school. Bad suff is happening in the USA...instead they report on the Phillipines, something that makes you feel bad and you can do nothing about. But you can contact the Kenwood Elementary School, the Springfield NAACP, the Springfield police department...oh, but they won't report on that because they don't want you doing something to stop this violent behaviour against children.

@timfool Жыл бұрын

The lady told you it's poverty. Have you ever been in the Philippines? I'm in Manila right now. Possibly you should see how they live here and determine why they do it yourself? It's a different culture and money can make the difference between you living or dying in the hospitals here.

@carolreid7875 Жыл бұрын

@@timfool There are many ppl worldwide who are stricken with poverty .To suggest that because they are so poor they have to stoop to having their children sexually abused to provide food for the family is absolutely disgusting. Think of yourself in these children position, at their age. These children are scarred for life. There could be some sympathy for Marie if she sold herself to feed the family. That would be understandable !

@bethewalt7385 Жыл бұрын

If only it was that easy, do you realize that's like putting a bandaid on a wound that needs 300 stitches? One issue that MUST be addressed is poor women popping out zillions of babies all with different men, it's outta control and has been

@ChannelJtotheD Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Poverty is no excuse to harm your children or put them in that situation. Imprisonment is what the parents need. If your facing poverty, do not have children. Tell whoever who needs to hear you that your children are hungry and to not be abused to have food.

@garyhost6289 Жыл бұрын

If you can stamp out the demand, then this Faustian ladder wouldn't be an option in the first place

@BradGryphonn Жыл бұрын

@@garyhost6289 What Gary said. Unfortunately, in our world, this exploitation is all too common. It occurs not only in the Philippines but all over the world. The US, Australia, Russia, Great Britain. There will always be demand, so we really do need to focus on those who are looking for this type of ...depravity... and 'castrate' their plans before they commit the crimes. Sadly, the internet not only makes it easier to catch these people, it conversely makes it easier to communicate with like-minded people to learn how to hide oneself on the internet. I have a little history in the InfoSec game and am proud to have assisted in exposing pedophiles who were using the internet to groom kids in chatrooms back in the late 90s. You know how these documentaries say that the images found were disturbing and horrendous to view? Now, imagine what you think they saw, and then try and think of something worse. I was sexually abused/raped as a kid and what I had to see when investigating these crimes rocked me. I was a young teen. The stuff I exposed involved kids as young as four.

@juli-annb.anderson8816 Жыл бұрын

People have been living in poverty and hardship since the beginning of time. We survived, they survived to this point. Poverty is just an excuse for greed.

@TheFansta Жыл бұрын

She's supposed to work her ass off to provide for her kids. Not the other way around. She's just a lazy bum.

@wsol80 Жыл бұрын

@@garyhost6289 They aren't being abused only because someone overseas is paying for it. These children are already being abused. Their abusers are just looking to profit from their monstrosity from other monsters who live in countries where it is harder to commit these crimes.

@Qwerty01012 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to those people who worked against child abuse! Massive respect!

@theassweets4274 Жыл бұрын

I'm a Filipino. I know so many people living in the slums but they will make every effort to survive without harming their kids.

@Aaronsmith-cu8ii Жыл бұрын

Seguro ka?

@theassweets4274 Жыл бұрын

@@Aaronsmith-cu8ii I said many, not all. Please read properly. Don't generalize people.

@davinayamazaki552 9 ай бұрын

@@Aaronsmith-cu8iireading comprehension beh

@Kulasisi-xj9fk Жыл бұрын

Most Filipinos came from a poor background, especially those from past generations, myself included. I remember living in a hut, with 5 families together with my cousins, aunts/uncles. I said that because there are about 10 kids in there, and not one time our families ever forced us to work. Apart from the daily house chores, we helped around feeding the animals (everybody has animals when you live in the provinces back then; chickens, cows, pigs, goats, etc.), sold bread early in the morning, helped grandpops herding the animals in the lowlands during weekends, and tried odd jobs during the summer (washing fruits, veggies, selling them, fishing in the lake, pulling out white hair from old people for 25 cents, etc.). Did all of that for extra allowance/money because 5 pesos ain't enough for my POGS collection back in the 90's LOL. Some far-off relatives wanna adopt some of us, no one in the family said yes to that. Family hut destroyed by typhoon Rosing/Angela and not one kid in the family got sold. Truth be told I'm one of the lucky kids back then, believe it or not. Other kids are forced to work because parents can't support them by themselves. I only work for my own money so I don't bother the grandparents (parents work in the capital, moms a seamstress, dads a guard and are home only during weekends). I did all that when I was a kid, and many kids did way worse. So what I'm trying to say is life is hard but it does not excuse you from doing crimes like these, especially to kids. It's actually easier to find work here these days, as long as you WANT to work. Problem is the people in the videos found an easier way, bunch of lazy ass sick criminals these lot.

@YeyMuffinsYey Ай бұрын

Is this still a prevalent situation currently in Philippines? This is really shocking to hear tbh

@Kulasisi-xj9fk Ай бұрын

@@YeyMuffinsYey you mean sex trafficking kids? Yep, the Philippines is ranked as Tier 1 in the Trafficking in Persons Report of the United States (US) State Department. If you mean life in the provinces, a lot of people still live that way here.

@MyStupified Жыл бұрын

The taskforce office hit the nail on the head "You provide for your children not your children provide for you". Until they're adults it's not their job to help you pay bills.

@darkviolet Жыл бұрын

I'm so grateful for the people who can stomach doing this incredible difficult work.

@locuus7 Жыл бұрын

How someone only gets 15 years for orchestrating such things is a travesty.

@paulorocky Жыл бұрын

They should be extradited to the country where the child was abused. Life in a Filipino prison would be far worse than 15 years in an Australian prison.

@Gornflyin Жыл бұрын

@@paulorocky unless they get murdered in jail. Wouldnt matter the country then lol.

@jaywei7546 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for helping the Philippines

@nat0106951 Жыл бұрын

of course they need to jail their own pedophiles from their own country.

@adri6658 11 ай бұрын

nothing but pain and rage that filled my body, my heart goes out to those innocent children 🫤

@cassiondramiillers5929 Жыл бұрын

This makes me so angry and sad. As a woman struggling with infertility, I’d give anything to have a baby of my own. The fact that there are people who take those precious gifts from god and abuse them for financial gain makes me sick to my stomach.

@cassiondramiillers5929 Жыл бұрын

@@d1snuts huh? 🤔 I don’t understand

@katelizabeth7264 Жыл бұрын

Have you considered a surrogate? Or egg donor?

@cassiondramiillers5929 Жыл бұрын

@@katelizabeth7264 thank you so much for reaching out! Yes. We have decided to go the surrogate route. And we may be blessed to have my sister in law be ours. The process has been started!

@katelizabeth7264 Жыл бұрын

@@cassiondramiillers5929 so glad to hear that ! I hope everything goes great for you! I've considered being a surrogate, that's why I asked. It's something I'm very interested in doing, I would love to bless a family that way.

@leah884 Жыл бұрын

Adoption is best way to have a child especially children in need like these

@chaislaw5014 Жыл бұрын

I cannot begin to express how much admiration and absolute awe I have for the ppl who work in this field....And we need to keep pushing for them getting the professional medical and emotional support they deserve to face this very worst of human nature. Also 8hrs for a warrant, so long enough for the old boys network to send out an alert then.

@janetrojas8939 9 ай бұрын

I am sorry the mother is just sorry that she got caught, I grew up in a very poor village in Mexico and my parents never did those horrific things I feel no sympathy for her she need to be in jail for ever until her last day.

@Dynamatrix1973 2 ай бұрын

forever is one word

@oakleystactics579 Жыл бұрын

There should be the death penalty for the worst offenders

@liudaboicova6683 Жыл бұрын

It's just so disturbing and heartbreaking to know that parents can do such horrible crimes to own babies...these women do not deserve to be called 'mothers'...and please stop using poverty as an excuse!

@heyalexiajanee Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I'd sell myself, not my child!! This is vile. I wish I could take these children in

@simusocat Жыл бұрын

It's about time, to fight these criminals.

@larajones175 Жыл бұрын

We must give up our today to protect the children of tomorrow. This is not what future generations should be met with. Protect the children.

@244hayrick Жыл бұрын

What I see is by and large, Marie represents the Filipino poor and their mentality of playing victim. They blame their situation and they don't take responsibility. Instead they want an easy fix or be dependent on what the government can do for them. I see them everywhere in the rural areas but mostly in the capital Manila. It's sad coz it's their paradigm that needs a major shifting. As Kiyosaki once said, "It's not your fault that you're born poor, but it's your fault if you die poor." So much wisdom in that.

@suskagusip1036 Жыл бұрын

It's worst in Japan

@bethewalt7385 Жыл бұрын

Opening with; what see is by and large, makes NO!!sense, by and large of what? This declaration, statement, exclamation requires an immediate, direct response, eg: what i see is by and large a product of poor education.......or..... What I see is by and large borne of the version of catholicism practiced in the Philippines Borne

@larajones175 Жыл бұрын

God bless the task force. I don't blame them not wanting to be filmed . They're under cover and their identity needs to be protected.

@northernstarnews6472 Жыл бұрын

KEEP UP THE WORK IN HELPING THE CHILDREN GOD BLESS

@kayanorudog2638 Жыл бұрын

My heart goes out to the officers and the victims. I hope someday that we’ll be able to stop these horrific crime’s being committed against children all over the world.

@joemontes4658 9 ай бұрын

This is who the cops need to go after. Not bullshitting around with normal people

@cartergomez5390 4 ай бұрын

Amen to that! 🙏

@timeeatoma875 11 ай бұрын

15 years in prison for someone who commits such a crime is too little they have to be locked up till death

@suzeelewis718 Жыл бұрын

No hiding place for these disgusting monsters. Absolutely sickening!!!

@apistosig4173 Жыл бұрын

Once upon a time Australia had Julien Assange to track down the perpetrators of these crimes and Julien was very good, he helped save the children.

@beabeajordan2545 Жыл бұрын

It should never be the child's responsibility to keep everyone's stomach full.

@doriacortez1667 2 ай бұрын

Well said!❤

@katerinakalamara5205 11 ай бұрын

There is no pity for parents who sell their children.Being a parent myself,I would rather die than harm my child 😢😢😢

@robertafierro5592 Жыл бұрын

I think some Street Justice would be in order here..f the courts.

@pascalswager9100 Жыл бұрын

This is so heartwrenching to watch, it's breaking my heart. At the same time I believe it's important for people to be aware of what really goes on.

@adriannepeterson6347 Жыл бұрын

Heart breaking 😢😢😢 thank you to those who care for and fight to protect these precious children

@MonicaTanAnLeng Жыл бұрын

Heard from friends working in nonprofit organizations here that some parents think and say that since the abuse is done only online, not in person, there is no harm done. 😢 Such is their denial of reality. Thank you to the good people here and from Australia who help in this mission.

@andreaabestano2158 Жыл бұрын

The tears and distraught of the police chief and officers speak volume to the gruesome and horrible nature of this crime. May all perpetrators receive the ful extent of the law Both here and hereafter!

@ruxanajewoon517 Жыл бұрын

Amen

@TheOriginalDeckBoy Жыл бұрын

When I visited Manila on business I simply could not believe the extent of the sex trade there... Many mothers don't subject their children to this sort of abuse, instead, working the nights themselves. They make far more money than most Filipino's do but the risks they run are huge. I spoke with some to try and understand the levels of depravity one simply can't avoid seeing out on the town of a night and gained some valuable insights. I also found myself taking men to task who were battering with girls for lower prices for the night and taking their photo's, they really don't like that..

@timfool Жыл бұрын

I been here about a month. I've seen no "sex" trade. Only lot's of poverty. I guess it depends on where you are here.

@Arizona_lilly Жыл бұрын

@@timfool ur not looking for it so it doesn’t look anything different to U. Go into the back some store fronts etc and ask U will find

@bethewalt7385 Жыл бұрын

*bartering, to haggle over price *battering, to physically assault, to strike over and over, violence against women

@nicolekite5777 Жыл бұрын

This is very isolatated case and it doesn't speak the country itself. This is very rare case in our country and not only Philippine. Even those rich countries have a case like this.

@beandispenser6971 Жыл бұрын

@@nicolekite5777 Your comment doesn't need to be spoken, of course these crimes are isolated as to not be found by authorities.

@rg1whiteywins598 Жыл бұрын

Former friend went to Philippines on one of those wife meeting tours... American men who want a Filipino wife. He and some of the other wife-seekers went for drinks and to share information about the girls they met so far and if any was a match. Cab driver asked them if they were interested in meeting more young girls , which they assumed were another group of young ladies looking to marry American men. But cabby brought them to a brothel selling little kids. And the guys yelled at him to get the heck out of there. Friend said it was absolutely shocking.😩

@wanderer299a Жыл бұрын

That used to be the case in Cambodia, doubt it in the Philippines. If a child is seen with a foreigner the foreigner is in big trouble unless they can prove they are related.

@brownne2235 Жыл бұрын

Seriously a driver just casually dropping foreigners to a brothel selling kids in Manila?! I don't think that's true.

@denillearenga7274 Жыл бұрын

this issue only in selected cities or area. in my city prostitution is illegal and police arrest you if they found out. e

@rg1whiteywins598 Жыл бұрын

@@wanderer299a no. This was 1998 and I'm telling the truth. There are hidden places where it goes on in every country. Not just Asia.

@rg1whiteywins598 Жыл бұрын

@@user-uz2vc1gc6v my friend was tall good looking and had a good profession. But you are correct. Some of the guys in the tour group fit your description.

@crimewithmelvis Жыл бұрын

My heart breaks. My eyes filled with tears😢 God this a heart breaking hasten Your steps to help these helpless kids. God bless all those working together to help this kids

@badenchalmers2206 Жыл бұрын

As an Aussie who lives in the Philippines some of the year this has left me destroyed emotionally. I just cant comprehend the scale of it. My heart is broken for those children, its overwhelminglyy horreudous.

@tracisr Жыл бұрын

The seething rage and helplessness I feel over this whole thing.

@weepingwillow300 Жыл бұрын

In this day and age something must be able to be done to stop this.

@opheliadays5803 Жыл бұрын

Thank God for this taskforce. We need more first responders like this in the world.

@jenrich111 Жыл бұрын

This happens in Australia. Parents are trafficking their kids right here in Oz. It's nothing new - only the prevalence of online abuse is "new."

@nicolekite5777 Жыл бұрын

You are right. This case is anywhere around the globe.

@80bbygrl Жыл бұрын

I don't CARE how poor you are. Abusing and destroying your child for a few bucks is unforgivable and INEXCUSABLE.

@christineedwards1773 Жыл бұрын

No child should be sacrificed, no excuse 💙

@Cuefrost101 Жыл бұрын

Our prayers are with you... Keep the Fight !!! Stay Righteous !!!

@Alaskan-Armadillo 3 ай бұрын

Detsch Welle briefly discussed this in a documentary and what they found is that a lot of businesses also benefit from this. It's incredibly sad because there are a lot of enablers when it comes to abuse.

@TheFansta Жыл бұрын

The mother's excuse for abusing her child is poverty. That's pathetic. She's not the only one being poor in this world.

@juli-annb.anderson8816 Жыл бұрын

This is achingly heartbreaking. If there is anything I do at all to help, please...

@bailyraye4929 Жыл бұрын

This is awful , how do the investigators sleep knowing the child’s out there suffering ,they so strong it’s absolutely heartbreaking praying for the children

@franny5059 Жыл бұрын

I left my husband of 21 years and I had a 17-year-old son and it was not easy but we did what we had to do and I took advantage of every government assistance program that there was until I didn’t need it anymore so, in my opinion,there are other ways to feed your kids - without pimping them out there 🤬

@saffy_9967 Жыл бұрын

I’m not justifying what the mothers have done, they should have found another way. But not all countries have a robust welfare system if they even have one at all.

@YDSD 10 ай бұрын

@@saffy_9967othing like that in the philippines

@ritchyrich914 Жыл бұрын

Poverty breeds the darkest things....

@Saeid415 Жыл бұрын

I promised to myself I will adopt an abused child who suffered from this condition and try to prepare a better life for them

@manueldimaano4309 Жыл бұрын

Thus is not only happening here , it is all over the world ,not to mention in United States . . . . .

@bethhaines6340 10 ай бұрын

A childs innocence should be beyond price

@mariahewitt9787 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely heartbreaking. Suffer the little children. I pray for each and everyone of them, to be safe. 🙏🙏🙏

@marinadrilling4642 Жыл бұрын

It's so sad that these children have to endure the exploitation of this magnitude. Wish I could help these children. It's mind boggling how much they go through even by their own parents. I can't believe that is so wide spread. And the other people on the side that will pay to see these children being sexually assaulted. It's just horrible.

@brighterdaysplantnurseryan2629 Жыл бұрын

I would like to be a part of ANY of these kinds of task force. My heart and spirit is troubled about this subject. Have always been from so was much younger. I thank God for everyone involved in rescuing them.God help these little ones.😢

@dianet2702 Жыл бұрын

Any of the perpetrators caught and proven guilty with no doubt should be freed immediately from their dangling family jewels .They should go to the overcrowded prisons as eunuchs. And never come out as long as they breath . The same goes for buyers of online participation of such crimes.

@rosej5713 Жыл бұрын

This is HORRIFIC and NEEDS TO STOP NOW, If anyone knows a child being abused please submit CRIME TIPS and REPORT to local law enforcement ‼️‼️‼️Thank you for spreading awareness , please continue to be a voice for the voiceless ❤❤❤❤

@NannyJuju Жыл бұрын

To the reporter - it may destroy families but most of all it destroys the children's lives. I can't feel sorry for the families, sell themselves never the poor kids.

@catgiles3268 9 ай бұрын

15 years for something as heinous as this is nothing. These people can not be rehabilitated. Anyone who sexually abuses a child should get life. Better yet, the death penalty.

@Nympha_P Жыл бұрын

Its totally not an excuse being poor to engage into this horrific means .That woman-suspect being interviwed ,cried as if she is the only one who struggle in life. Insane woman! You could get a job such as store keeper (tindera), if not in mall..that within your area,a cleaning job,be a house helper,etc..Or you go back to the province if you're originally from rural area,life is easy and calm for your family. (School is free -let them study. Food -you can do gardening or any family can help you there ,be self sufficient. ) These kids under protection welfare, would rather stay away from these stupid parents/guardian. Not letting them back under their care. Somebody has to adopt these kids maybe. - im Filipino (Cebu) ..glad somebody made a documentary on this matter. In a way ,it ignites the authority to take actions to resolve such issue.

@paulasmall5113 Жыл бұрын

This mother is so full of it. She's knows she is that's why she walks away. Couldn't stomach her own lies and bs.

@larajones175 Жыл бұрын

It's horrific.

@PetersonJoseph Жыл бұрын

She doesn't miss her kids. She misses the money.

@ruthnoble7368 Жыл бұрын

Save the children of the Philippines!

@Thegraveyardofkhaild1618 10 ай бұрын

and Keep them off on social media because they bunch of creeps!

@HailXenu 10 ай бұрын

The lack of remorse from the prisoner was disgusting.

@omarcastillo6259 11 ай бұрын

Horrible horrible disgusting hope those women scape from that horrible reality

@GX-th8is Жыл бұрын

💁‍♂️ Thank you for your hard work stopping the monsters from attacking. Please let us know how we can support building more care centers for the children and armed guards to protect them there from possible kidnapping and providing supplies to the arresting officers. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@jesusislord8895 8 ай бұрын

This is so sad, I was raised in children homes and abused children was my friends, as We grown up together, children need people like this who can save them from harm, may our Lord Jesus continue to help the people who are helping these children ♥️

@carmenpopovici6253 Жыл бұрын

15 years in jail for such crimes 😳. Castrate the bustard and keep him in jail for good. No wonder why they don't fear of being caught.

@timeeatoma875 11 ай бұрын

We need more people who are helping these kind of children

@katiegeorgeripia 9 ай бұрын

Unbelievable i pray God helps these children/babies are saved soon

@apdala5743 9 ай бұрын

Hloo from Syria can you please send help??

@chimpozillapumpumslayer4639 Жыл бұрын

They can sell themselves instead of their children.

@ShowzShorts Ай бұрын

,I was born poor and with inly parent my beautiful mama...she worked hard to feed us and when we already old enough to work qe held each other we are 7 children it was hard but we are happy and i THANK THE LORD for taking care of us we never met or cross oath of anybody that trying to recruite prostitution...THANK YOU LORD JESUS there's still poeple like these people that helping our children

@sysamanthahopeang6268 Жыл бұрын

I pray for these innocent children 😢 this trauma could last a lifetime but hope they can life a good life

@tinmoran7436 Жыл бұрын

As a Filipino, I guess we must be open contraception or even to legal abortion. Govt should educate the poor, since they are not financially stable then give them 1 child policy. I've seen homeless people w/ so many children 😱. When I give coins to these children, sometimes I will ask them to tell their parents not to make more children 🤣🙏

@leeannamaiyang5495 Жыл бұрын

This video was very hard to watch. I'm in tears the whole time.

@cyndih1993 Жыл бұрын

One problem in these situations in many countries isn't just personal poverty its having too many children/more than people can afford.

@pinupbenelli 10 ай бұрын

You can't save children IF these monsters don't get any consequences.

@pamelahenderson3166 10 ай бұрын

I am so happy to know that there are people and leaders who are against trafficking and abuse against children and women all over the world 🙏

@lorrainebird3992 Жыл бұрын

How dare they blame this on the pandemic and then on poverty This did not start with the worldwide pandemic This has been happening since the nineties Bravo Foreign Correspondent perhaps Australia will work a little harder The good people working to save these children will themselves suffer trauma from just the stories for a long long time

@rubylee4475 Жыл бұрын

The officers who do this work are just incredible. I cannot imagine how hard that job is but thank God they are doing the work. No child should ever go through such terrible things. And I hope these disgusting animals doing this rot!

@reniserodriguez4644 9 ай бұрын

3 YEARS OLD... THAT'S SICK 🤢 🤮 😡 👿

@tessajones9393 2 ай бұрын

As an Aussie, it's deeply disturbing that our country is the second largest consumer of such a thing. It's sickening.

@missannie8012 11 ай бұрын

I grew up in poor America. Welfare was never enough. I remember the poorest times of our lives really were the best. That's when we got creative. Creative cooking and even ways to make money. Once we even made baskets to sell. We always made it. Family back then always helped each other too. One summer we lived in a laundry room of a house that had burned down. It was in some land and we had so much fun exploring the land. Our mom always made things fun for us so we were happy.

@doriacortez1667 2 ай бұрын

What other ways did you make money?

@dreamcatcher1812 Жыл бұрын

I cannot c or hear any remorse from her. From what she did to all her children. No matter how hard life is what you did is not an excuse. My parents are born poor we been through tough time where we ate rice with salt, water, used oil mix with rice. But my parents never think of doing this things so just we can live comfortably. My parents didn't even finish elementary but they manage to get us through all hardship. My mom would sell vegetables, fruit, ice cream, do laundry from neighbours so we could survive. I thank god that they are the parents god has given me and not some mother would sell her child for the sake of having comfortable life.