Interpol + Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Philippines joint operation arrest 180 trafficers

[AusExpat]

So some good news amongst all the CV doom and gloom - https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2020/Hundreds-arrested-in-crackdown-on-terrorist-routes-in-Southeast-Asia

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The coordinated move – from 24 February to 20 March in the midst of the global COVID-19 outbreak – resulted in the arrest of more than 180 individuals for various offences, including one suspected member of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).

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The operation saw 82 victims of human trafficking, mainly young women aged between 20 and 30, rescued by Philippine authorities. In addition, Indonesian authorities identified and rescued a further 35 adults and 17 children (12 boys and five girls), aged between 10 and 15 years, arriving from Malaysia.

Firearms, illegally assembled explosives made of ammonium nitrate and other illicit goods and substances worth more than one million euros were also seized.

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In 2017, fighting in Marawi City (Philippines) between IS-affiliated militants and Philippine government forces resulted in more than a thousand deaths. Among the dead in Marawi were terrorist fighters from Chechnya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Operation Maharlika III was conducted with funding from the Government of Japan, the United Arab Emirates and the INTERPOL Foundation for a Safer World.

 

So that makes 132 trafficking victims saved, and the terrorist cells and financing being dismantled.

[Jollygoodfellow]

6 hours ago, AusExpat said:

So that makes 132 trafficking victims saved, and the terrorist cells and financing being dismantled.

But online child sex exploitation has risen sharply since the lockdown in the Philippines according to news. 

[AusExpat]

7 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

But online child sex exploitation has risen sharply since the lockdown in the Philippines according to news. 

Maybe enforcement has increased?

Same as CV, when you start to measure it you see "an increase" you didn't know about before?

There have been quite a few busts since Duterte was elected, generally barely covered by the media though. And his recently appointed cyber crime guy is supposed to be pretty tough so we should expect to see more of these online busts.