MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday said it would boost its campaign against perpetrators of online sexual exploitation of women and children. Gamboa also noted that they will work with their foreign counterparts to track down foreign cybercriminals involved in online child abuse. According to PNP, cases of violence against women and children decreased by 44.7 percent from 6,689 cases reported from January 1 to March 16 to 3,699 cases logged from March 17 to June 4. In spite of this decrease, however, Gamboa said PNP should be fully prepared in pursuing criminals online. Gamboa then encouraged the public to report incidents of online sexual abuse by contacting the PNP Women and Children’s Protection Center (WCPC) Hotline: 0919-777-7377 or (02) 8723-0401 local 5261.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 13, 2020 07:41 UTC