An international children’s rights group says it has uncovered dozens of Canadians willing to pay to watch a 10-year-old Filipino girl perform sex acts on a webcam during a sting operation.
The group Terres des Hommes, operating out of Amsterdam, says it has identified 54 Canadians among more than 1,000 adults from 71 countries looking for webcam sex tourism.
A spokesman says all the names have been turned over to Interpol.
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The sting involved setting up a pretend 10-year-old girl named “Sweetie,” who signed on to various public chatrooms.
The spokesman says they were surprised at how easy it was to get the men involved to identify themselves.
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He also says webcam sex tourism involving children appears to be an emerging market that police do not have a handle on.
Watch a documentary about the group’s investigation here and read the full report here (pdf).
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