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Thursday, August 20, 2015

"The seduction and trafficking of minors" by Lila Ramos Shahani

“James X,” had been recruiting minors from Surigao del Sur in Mindanao, promising them lucrative marriages to foreigners, and the opportunity to live happily abroad while sending money home to their families. Instead, he lured them to a cyber-porn den in Quezon City, made them perform naked in front of the camera, raped them, made them service foreign customers—mostly Norwegian, American and Australian...

When he was finally nabbed by the Philippine National Police in November 2014, James had no remorse, saying that all he wanted to do was give the children a better life. Interestingly, he himself had been, among other things, a male prostitute in Saudi Arabia—a victim tragically victimizing others in turn.


“Marie,” who recounts her ordeal with “James X” in this interview, was recently rescued from a cyber-sex den in Quezon City. Read the interview here...

http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2015/08/17/1488859/seduction-and-trafficking-minors

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