THE Paris Assizes Court found on Friday, November 1, 2024, a 59-year-old French citizen guilty of complicity in the rape and sexual assault of minors and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. This case involved livestreaming sexual assault of children, some as young as five years old. Nongovernment organization International Justice Mission called on tech companies and financial institutions to take decisive action to prevent such atrocities on their platforms, apps and devices.
IJM also urged the Philippine government to strictly enforce the Anti-OSAEC Law passed last year, including the mandate for tech platforms to monitor and act against child exploitation.The Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering Council , according to IJM, should also issue implementing rules and regulations requiring financial institutions to identify and interdict transactions tied to exploitation, particularly suspicious patterns that are indicative of child trafficking.