0:00:02 > 0:00:05In Britain today, young women like me take our basic freedom
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and rights for granted.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12But for millions of girls around the world, simply being female can
0:00:12 > 0:00:14put their lives at risk.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16In this series, I'm going to be investigating
0:00:16 > 0:00:20some of the toughest places in the world to be a girl.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Tonight, I'm in the Philippines to reveal how the internet is
0:00:23 > 0:00:28exposing a whole generation of girls to sexual exploitation.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30This pimp is offering young women
0:00:30 > 0:00:33for sexual services to customers.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37I investigate the growth of online cybersex dens that let men abuse
0:00:37 > 0:00:40girls from anywhere in the world, including the UK.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44So this 41-year-old wants to meet with you, even though
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- he knows that you are 14.- Yes.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I get closer than ever to the people trying to crack down on this
0:00:49 > 0:00:51billion-dollar industry.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Oh, my gosh. Turn the camera around.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56They are coming in. They are going in.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And I confront the people responsible for these crimes.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Did you have sex with any children?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04You did horrific things.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- You did horrific things. - Yes, I know, I know, I know.
0:01:06 > 0:01:15This programme contains some strong language and scenes which some viewers may find disturbing.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22My name is Sweetie.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm ten years old. I live in the Philippines.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Every day I have to sit in front of the webcam
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and talk to men.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Just like tens of thousands of other kids.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40The men ask me to take off my clothes.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42They undress.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46They play with themselves.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48They want me to play with myself.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54As soon as I go online, they come to me.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Ten...
0:01:56 > 0:01:59100...every hour.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00So many.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Two years ago,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07ten-year-old Sweetie's profile appeared online in chatrooms
0:02:07 > 0:02:09all over the world...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11with shocking results.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18In just over two months, Sweetie was contacted by 20,000 people.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20But there's something they didn't know about Sweetie.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I'm not real.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I'm a computer model.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Made piece by piece to track down these men who do this.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I've come to the Philippines to find out more.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Leonarda Kling works for the organisation that created Sweetie.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Why was the character Filipino, why was that so necessary?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52We tried African nationalities, we tried East European
0:02:52 > 0:02:56nationalities, and we tried Filipina nationalities.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00And as soon as the Filipina child came online, basically,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04we were swamped by predators. All from all over the world.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Isn't that unbelievable? - It is, it is.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10And what exactly were they asking Sweetie to do?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14They wanted her to remove her bra, for example,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16play with herself.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Sometimes have sex with one of her siblings.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Things like that.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25It went very, very far.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28So of the 20,000 that initially contacted Sweetie,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30were there any repercussions?
0:03:30 > 0:03:35We have 1,000 with names and addresses, and those 1,000
0:03:35 > 0:03:39we handed over to the police in the respective countries.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43In the UK, for example, 110 perpetrators.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- 110?- 110.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- In my country alone? - In your country, Stacey, I'm sorry.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52And of those 1,000, were there any convictions?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55At the moment, there were convictions done in Poland,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58in the UK as well, in Belgium,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02but it's only sad to say that six or eight have been convicted.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- But the police is working on it, we know that.- Six convictions?
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Yes, six convictions.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Last year, the police investigated 139 Brits suspected of paying to
0:04:14 > 0:04:18watch Filipino children being abused online.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But that's just the tip of the iceberg.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Both the UN and the FBI suspect that at any given time,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29there can be 750,000 people online
0:04:29 > 0:04:32interested in having sex with children.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36And to hear that the victims typically are young, vulnerable,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39poor and easy to manipulate, that's going to affect
0:04:39 > 0:04:42so many of the girls here in the Philippines.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It is estimated up to 100,000 children
0:04:47 > 0:04:51here are victims of sexual exploitation.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Many are now being used for cybersex.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I want to know why the Philippines has become the new hub
0:04:58 > 0:05:01for foreign men looking to abuse young girls online.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07But to do so means waiting until school finishes.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21One factor contributing to the rising problem is the recent
0:05:21 > 0:05:23internet boom in the Philippines.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28These cheap, high speed internet cafes are popping up all over
0:05:28 > 0:05:33the Philippines now. And one peso will get you five minutes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36This window to the web means that these sexual predators have
0:05:36 > 0:05:39a perfect platform for when they want to pounce.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45I'm meeting 14-year-old Daisy, who spends her evenings online,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48where she is regularly approached by men.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49This is you?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53You look older in the picture.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55You look lovely.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Who tends to contact you?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Foreigners.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Really? The last foreign man that
0:06:16 > 0:06:19contacted you. What did he say?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20What was he like?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30This is now. This is live chat.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Do you know who this man is? No.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37"Let's meet in your city," he has put.
0:06:37 > 0:06:3941!
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Oh, my gosh.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43This happens a lot?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Oh, really.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54It is more fun for them.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57So this 41-year-old...
0:06:59 > 0:07:02..wants to meet with you even though he knows that you're 14.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Have you ever had any situation where you have met them?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27'Knowing full well that Daisy and her family were poor,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31'the American man gave her £30 in exchange for sex.'
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Was that the first time you had ever been with a man?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48It's not your fault.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It sounds like you did that
0:07:50 > 0:07:53because you thought that was the best thing to do to help your family.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58You are the child, and he is the adult.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I'm going to leave you to it, OK? It was so, so lovely talking to you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Yeah?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10And you feel OK? Good.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16I was definitely surprised at how quickly she was approached.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I couldn't have been in there any longer than five minutes, really.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22It's cyber grooming, that's exactly what it is.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28And perhaps the shocking thing is that this is all done on Facebook.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Daisy is now under the watchful eye of a local charity.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34But many girls are not so lucky.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Easy access to the internet in the Philippines means
0:08:39 > 0:08:42more and more girls are being lured into the sex industry.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Up to 400,000 women are trafficked every year.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52A third of them are children.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57I want to find out who these girls are and where they're coming from.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03So I head to the largest passenger port in the Philippines.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I've joined Cecilia Obando, whose charity now
0:09:10 > 0:09:14intercepts up to 500 children a month in this one port alone.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- So, that one. You see? - Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- It is a big ship, actually. - God, it is huge.- It is a huge ship.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26We have a report of 11 minors on board who are suspected trafficking...
0:09:26 > 0:09:30some of them trafficking... Suspected trafficking victims.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34So, typically, criminals will send out recruiters to perhaps
0:09:34 > 0:09:37some of the smaller islands and try and lure the children in?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Yeah.- And the parents say, OK.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Yes, some of the parents will also be saved, you know,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45and promised to have schooling for the girls, you know,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48or work or job.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Some of them were actually forced into prostitution,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55they are brought to brothels. Some of them were actually cybersex.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Is cybersex something you've seen kick off fairly recently?- It is, yes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03It is a new phenomenon for us here in the Philippines.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- Because traffickers...- They are very smart.- They are very smart.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11They are businesspeople, you know.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- Social worker.- I think now we have to move really quickly.- OK.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23- So when you say minors, what age are they?- 18 years old.- 18 years old.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Below.- And what is the youngest you've ever found?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- The youngest that we have is eight years old.- Eight?- Eight years old.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- On their own?- Yes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38'The traffickers won't be far from their victims
0:10:38 > 0:10:41'and they'll be looking for any opportunity to snatch them back.'
0:10:49 > 0:10:52So here we are. This is where all the kids have been held.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56It is important they are kept isolated so they can't run away,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59they can't alert their traffickers...
0:10:59 > 0:11:02that they're being suspected.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Instead of 11 children, the ship staff have now
0:11:05 > 0:11:09identified 22 girls and boys who they suspect are being trafficked.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13So I'm completely clear,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17some of the kids in here have no guardian with them?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- No.- They don't have permission in writing?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- No.- And they are the ones that you are most concerned about?- Yes.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Cecilia is particularly worried about one very young looking girl.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58She's travelling with two older boys who claim they're her relatives.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31- The girl's story doesn't add up. - She's promised to work here.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- But she don't know what kind of work.- Really?- Yes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And she is only 11 years old.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39She's really afraid. She is really scared.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Yes, she is very nervous, isn't she? Understandably so.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- She is quite nervous. - Yeah.- So, OK,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- we are just signing...- OK, great.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Thank you, Cecilia.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55The very fact that she is here to work and she's 11...
0:12:55 > 0:12:59is illegal in itself, so I think she's going to try and stick
0:12:59 > 0:13:02quite close with this young girl, take her to the halfway house
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and try investigate further what exactly is going on.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Based at the port,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Cecilia's temporary shelter is already dealing with a further 30
0:13:15 > 0:13:19unaccompanied children who have just been taken off another boat.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36The girls will only be released to genuine family members.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Minors and their relatives are purposefully kept separate,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43and that's because often their stories don't match.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46So it might be that they are a genuine relative,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49but actually, when they do background checks, if they're suspicious,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52they might own a spa or a massage parlour. That's happened in the past.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56And they are recruiting their own family members to be involved.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Further information has come to light about the 11-year-old girl.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It seems, really, that she is for trafficking.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Because we cannot establish these people who say they're going
0:14:10 > 0:14:13to pitch her. And in fact they are not here.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And because she doesn't have any address, she said she is travelling
0:14:16 > 0:14:21with a cousin, but we cannot establish also the relationship.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Traffickers receive £150-£500 per girl,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27but that is nothing compared to the sums
0:14:27 > 0:14:32they can earn long-term from girls they recruit into the sex industry.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35As long as the girls were actually under
0:14:35 > 0:14:38the claws of the trafficker, they can profit multiple times,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41because they are sold and resold so many times.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44That makes perfect sense. I didn't think of it like that.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48So a girl is more profitable if she is going to be used
0:14:48 > 0:14:53as a sex worker, because there are so many men that will pay for her.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- It is a huge problem. - It is a huge problem.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58After further enquiries,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Cecilia was convinced that five of the children were being trafficked.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06She eventually tracked down the mother of the 11-year-old girl,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10who made the 600-mile trip to collect her.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Cecilia has recommended the girl's family be
0:15:12 > 0:15:15monitored by the local authorities,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19but there is no guarantee she won't be trafficked again in the future.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I've massively underestimated just how many young, vulnerable
0:15:23 > 0:15:29girls are popped on these ships, no guardian, no relative,
0:15:29 > 0:15:30and trafficked.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Prostitution is nothing new in this part of the world.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Right now, I'm in a place called Tondo,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and this is the biggest slum in the whole of the Philippines.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47And people tell me that child prostitution particularly
0:15:47 > 0:15:49is entrenched within this community.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53And on top of that, the age of consent here is 12 years old.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57So, historically, the younger girls have always been sexually active.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I'm meeting a group of sex workers living close to the port,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07whose customers are sailors from all over the world.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I want to know what they make of the rise in cybersex.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Hello.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17How are you, all right?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I'm fine.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Do either of you partake in cybersex here?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Jackie, you have done cybersex? How do you find it?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53How many girls were there altogether?
0:17:39 > 0:17:44I want to talk to the young girl's pimp, known here as Mamasan.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Hello.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Marie. How do you do, Marie? I'm Stacey.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Can I come in?- Yes. - Thanks ever so much.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Marie is happy to supply prostitutes as young as 13,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58but she doesn't like them doing cybersex.
0:18:15 > 0:18:21So you think the men behind the laptops are more ruthless,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23are more demanding?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Marie might not approve of cybersex, but many other mamasans do.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Last year, cases of girls being trafficked
0:18:52 > 0:18:54into the sex industry doubled.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59In a bid to clamp down, the government set up a special
0:18:59 > 0:19:02task force whose job it is to catch traffickers in the act.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09Tonight, I've been granted privileged access to an undercover operation.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Basically the operation involves an entrapment
0:19:12 > 0:19:17of a well-known pimp who has been the subject of the surveillance.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Look very closely at the information on the suspect - black hair,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24female impersonator.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27He is a man pretending to be a woman.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31And this pimp, lady...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34is offering young women for sale,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37for sexual services to customers.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42If the suspect will resist arrest, you can employ opposing force, OK?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47OK, so they're just going through the briefing now.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52My understanding is that they're after one pimp, essentially,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56and they describe her as a lady impersonator,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58so I don't know whether she's transgender,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02or if she's dressed in drag, and she's meant to look after
0:20:02 > 0:20:05at least five young girls who are sex workers.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10She has promised these five girls to their undercover police officer.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15The operation is being led by chief prosecutor Jonathan Lledo.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20If tonight is successful, the suspect will face harsh new penalties.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22If any of the victims are minors,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24meaning they're below 18 years of age,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28that automatically increases or aggravates the offence
0:20:28 > 0:20:31to qualified trafficking in persons,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34for which the penalty will be life imprisonment,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- and he has to pay a fine of about two million pesos.- Wow.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39The penalty is really harsh.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43But getting the evidence to charge this trafficker is going to be
0:20:43 > 0:20:45extremely difficult, as the police must witness the suspect
0:20:45 > 0:20:48receiving money in exchange for the girls,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and if I want to observe this,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I'll have to do something I've never done before.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Hopefully the initial meeting will start in this restaurant.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Now, the police have agreed that I can come along on the understanding
0:20:59 > 0:21:04that I do not jeopardise the arrest and rescue, so I'm going to switch...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09..and use this secret camera.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23The crew and main camera will wait in the van parked outside
0:21:23 > 0:21:24the restaurant.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38The undercover officer takes his place.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42To safeguard future operations, we can't reveal his identity.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16The undercover officer receives a text from the suspect.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15With the punishment for trafficking so severe, criminals know that
0:23:15 > 0:23:19one wrong move could land them in jail for the rest of their life.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42The suspect has asked for the exchange to take place
0:23:42 > 0:23:46away from the restaurant, in the undercover officer's car.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Desperate to know what's going on, I call the chief prosecutor.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Hello.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Catching traffickers in the act is always a challenge.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27So, Jonathan, what's the story? What happened?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Unfortunately, he got away
0:24:29 > 0:24:34because he declined to step into the car, but it was a good day.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Four girls will be safe from being trafficked tonight.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40One of the girls is a minor, she admitted that she's a minor,
0:24:40 > 0:24:45so we have a case against the target, against the pimp.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49When you next see this particular pimp, will you be able to arrest her?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Well, technically, no,
0:24:52 > 0:24:58because when we see him and he's not doing anything illegal,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01we can't just pick him off the streets, no?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03This pimp may have escaped justice,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05but the police are carrying out regular raids
0:25:05 > 0:25:09and I'm hoping to be there the next time they swing into action.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13The girls don't want to talk to the police right now,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16they don't want to talk to anyone and, interestingly,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18often they'll look at them and think,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21"You have ruined my only chance of making any money."
0:25:21 > 0:25:23There isn't that sense of relief always,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25"Thank, God, you've come to rescue me,"
0:25:25 > 0:25:27but when you're so desperate, you will,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29you'll do almost anything
0:25:29 > 0:25:32and the police are often seen as the bad guys.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42It's a point I want to take up with leading Filipino journalist
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Ana Santos.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49A lot of these families are living in such extreme poverty,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53what other ways are there of making reasonably decent money?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56For the girls it's very limited in terms of opportunities,
0:25:56 > 0:25:57especially if you're young.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00You can't work in the department store, for example.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06The boys would at least be able to get odd construction jobs, right?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08The girls might not be able to do that, so more and more, I think,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11they're more economically challenged in terms of opportunity,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13especially when they're young.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Talk me through the transition into cybersex now.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19I think, well, the way that technology is, it's going to be
0:26:19 > 0:26:22the way to go for prostitution as well as any other kind of business.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I think there's that lure that cybersex is easy money.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27They get the money from the US, from Europe
0:26:27 > 0:26:30and they'll know that those are, what, five minutes, 20?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33How long is it going to take them to earn that much on the street?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Are families aware of what's going on?
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Not all, but there are some parents, sadly,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43who are the ones who are putting their children forward.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46You have to remember, some of the mums were prostitutes before
0:26:46 > 0:26:49and when they go into, like, cyber, for example, what happens
0:26:49 > 0:26:54is the customers will ask them, "Don't you have somebody younger?"
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And rather than the money going elsewhere,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59they'll have their kids do it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03I've had some, I've had a mamasan tell me, you know, I ask them,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06"She's 14, she's 13, don't you feel guilty about, you know,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08"she sells herself, or you agree to send her on a boat
0:27:08 > 0:27:11"where she'll pick up some sailor?" And she'll say,
0:27:11 > 0:27:12"Well, she's going to get fucked anyway,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14"she might as well get fucked for money."
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- And that's the mentality? - Yep, that's the mentality.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24It's horrifying to learn parents are sexually abusing their own
0:27:24 > 0:27:26children online for financial gain.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31To find out more, I'm flying to a part of the country
0:27:31 > 0:27:32where this is rife.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Cebu has been dubbed as the home of cybersex
0:27:38 > 0:27:42and for many of its residents, internet child pornography
0:27:42 > 0:27:45is far more lucrative than fishing or factory work,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49and this means that often parents will pimp out their own children
0:27:49 > 0:27:54in these makeshift secretive sex dens, sometimes in their own homes.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59The most notorious example is Eileen Ontong,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02who dubbed herself the queen of cybersex.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05I'm keen to speak to her,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08but first, I want to find out more from the man who arrested her,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Jamal Dimaporo.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16How many children do you reckon have been abused because of Eileen?
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Based on the pictures, images that we gathered,
0:28:21 > 0:28:27around 30 children, from age five to 15, 16.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30When we arrested her,
0:28:30 > 0:28:35they were about to have a show, yes, with her daughter.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42- We gathered very disturbing images of young children.- How young?
0:28:42 > 0:28:48- About from five years old.- Five? - Yes, the youngest maybe, or less.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54- Just completely horrific, horrifying for these kids.- Very disturbing.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57These shows were so lucrative,
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Eileen even recruited neighbouring families to meet the growing demand.
0:29:01 > 0:29:08The money transfer earned about, I mean, more than 1 million.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- No.- Yes. 1 million? Yes. - US dollars?- Yes.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And how many suspects?
0:29:17 > 0:29:22- About 14 suspects.- Just 14? - Yes, in that area alone.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26I get totally, 100%, that poverty...
0:29:26 > 0:29:32drives people sometimes to do very desperate things.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34But there are levels, aren't there?
0:29:36 > 0:29:42And the idea that this woman, who was supposed to be the only person
0:29:42 > 0:29:47in the whole of Cebu to protect her daughter,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51was the very person abusing her...
0:29:55 > 0:29:58..is one of the saddest things I've heard in a really long time.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I'm desperate to confront Eileen.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11She and her lawyer have agreed to meet me at the prison
0:30:11 > 0:30:13where she's being held.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Thank you very much. I just make my own way up? OK.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I think it this way.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35They've, literally, just left me to it.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45This maximum security prison was built to hold 1,600 men and women,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49but currently has over 2,000 inmates.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56To be honest with you, I've never been in a prison quite like this.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59I've been to so many now, all around the world, but I've always got
0:30:59 > 0:31:03a warden, I've always got some kind of authority figure with me.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Here, they've just completely left me to my own devices
0:31:07 > 0:31:09and everyone's walking around freely.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12The kids are here, it's Sunday, it's visiting hours.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16I'm sure I'm amongst mass murderers and rapists,
0:31:16 > 0:31:20and other women who have exploited children.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24I mean, it is pretty unbelievable the way these ladies are living.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- How many?- 15.- 15?- Yeah.
0:31:27 > 0:31:3115 people in this one cell. Wow.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33It's hot, it's cramped...
0:31:33 > 0:31:38it's smelly, there's lots of older ladies here.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42What a way to live.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I can only meet Eileen in the presence of her lawyer,
0:31:45 > 0:31:47but there's no sign of him yet.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52- Hello.- Hi! How are you? - I like your singing.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57- What are you doing? Oh, bingo. - Do you know how to play bingo?
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- Yeah, I can play bingo. How long are you girls inside for?- Me?- Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- I'm here for ten years. - For ten years?- Yeah.- Wow.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- You know why I am here?- Why?
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- I am here to speak to a lady called Eileen.- Eileen?- You know her?
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- Yeah.- Eileen Ontong. - She's there. Eileen.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- This is Eileen?- No, she's there.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26- Oh, she's in this cell?- Yes. - She's here? No.- She's here.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30I don't know if she wants to... I don't know if she...
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Wow, this is Eileen. This is Eileen.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- Can you take off the camera? - Of course. We won't film you.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- So, Eileen?- Yes, I am.- I am Stacey.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47'It turns out Eileen no longer wants to appear on camera
0:32:47 > 0:32:51'and although she told her lawyer, he neglected to tell me.'
0:32:51 > 0:32:53OK, we weren't aware of that.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56I'm really gutted she wouldn't allow the camera in,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58because if you could see her, you'd be gobsmacked.
0:32:58 > 0:33:04She's like a dumpy, short, middle-aged...woman.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07She looks like your aunt, you know what I mean? It's...
0:33:10 > 0:33:16..unbelievable that she led the life she did.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19However, whilst Eileen doesn't want to be interviewed,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21one of her cellmates does.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Hey. You want to talk? Fantastic.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- Do you speak English?- A little. - A little bit?- Yeah.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- But your friend is going to come? - Yes.- Perfect.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- Are you happy with that?- Yes. - Thank you.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33That's really, really helpful.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Dindin is charged with abusing children in a cybersex den.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41She claims she's innocent and wants to tell her side of the story.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55- Did you have sex with any children? - No.- Really?- Yeah.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I find it hard to believe that you would be sat here
0:34:11 > 0:34:16if they had no evidence of any children being involved,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19but you are telling me, categorically,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23no children were ever, ever involved, not even once?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26No.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28- Just you, yourself?- Yes.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Well, thank you for your time. Thank you.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34'Dindin seems sincere, but before I leave,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38'a quick background check reveals she hasn't been honest with me.'
0:34:42 > 0:34:45I've just found out that that woman I've just been speaking to
0:34:45 > 0:34:48is one of the most prolific cases here in Cebu.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I mean, up there with Eileen Ontong.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55She was introduced to me by her nickname, as I'm leaving, I ask,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58"What's your full name?" Maricel Ayat.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01That name rang a bell because I've heard the authorities
0:35:01 > 0:35:03speak about her, so I've just jumped online
0:35:03 > 0:35:05and it's all here in black-and-white.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10They had evidence of her forcing a two-year-old, a nine-year-old
0:35:10 > 0:35:17and an 11-year-old to perform lewd sex acts in front of a web camera
0:35:17 > 0:35:21for foreign child predators who paid a fee.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22I'm shaking.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I need to speak to her.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- Hello.- Hi.- So, Evelyn, thank you for agreeing to talk to me again.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38You have been really helpful and you introduced me
0:35:38 > 0:35:42to your friend as Dindin, so I was addressing you as Dindin.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47When I found out your full name, you are actually Maricel Ayat.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50I think you have been lying this whole time.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I believe that you did force a two-year-old, a nine-year-old
0:35:53 > 0:35:58and an 11-year-old to perform sex acts for foreign customers.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11The thing is, you are not going to find the courage to be honest,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14because you haven't, you've been lying to me this whole time
0:36:14 > 0:36:17and I took pity on you. You said, "I'm innocent," and I believed you.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20I thought you had stripped because you were desperate.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24You've been lying. Is this your computer?
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- Is that in your house?- Hm.- Yes? That is your house.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32So these are all the pictures, this is all the evidence.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35This is where they found the kids.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39This is where they found the two-year-old,
0:36:39 > 0:36:41the nine-year-old and the 11-year-old.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Is there anything you want to say?
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I-I-I...I feel...
0:36:58 > 0:37:02angry, I feel frustrated, I've got the shakes and I feel sorry for her,
0:37:02 > 0:37:04like a total mug...
0:37:04 > 0:37:08I had to go back, but... I'd better go.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Remarkably, both Eileen and Maricel came from the same tiny village.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Last year, it was claimed that 80 houses were involved
0:37:29 > 0:37:31in cybersex in this area alone.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37It's definitely not as friendly round here.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Before setting off, the village mayor told our production team that
0:37:41 > 0:37:44he did not want us to film here.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I've got to say this is the first time I've been warned
0:37:47 > 0:37:49about going in a particular neighbourhood.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Eileen Ontong's house is just close by.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55So, you don't know, there still might be people operating here
0:37:55 > 0:37:57who don't want to see us with the camera.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03'Parents abusing their own children behind closed doors
0:38:03 > 0:38:07'makes this one of the hardest crimes to detect.'
0:38:07 > 0:38:09You can come.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15Right. I'm under strict instructions that I can't stand directly outside
0:38:15 > 0:38:21her house, because her family aren't happy about us being here.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Yeah, we are official too.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29BBC, London.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31BBC, England.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I think we have to be quick.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37I just wanted to bring you here,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40because this is where Eileen Ontong lived.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43We're very, very, very close to her house
0:38:43 > 0:38:45and this is where most of the abuse took place,
0:38:45 > 0:38:47all of them kids.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50I'm told that her stepdaughter killed herself,
0:38:50 > 0:38:53whilst the abuse was taking place.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I'm amazed that such a quiet, mundane village
0:38:59 > 0:39:02could be the scene of such awful events.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06Events that could be repeated across thousands of homes
0:39:06 > 0:39:07all over the Philippines.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16So far, I've met some of the perpetrators inflicting
0:39:16 > 0:39:20these terrible acts, but now I want to see what is being done to help
0:39:20 > 0:39:23the survivors who have suffered at their hands.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28I'm travelling 100 miles north-west of Manila, to a shelter that
0:39:28 > 0:39:32offers therapy and counselling to children who have been rescued.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Oh, these might be some of the girls.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Oh, she's lovely.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41She was super beautiful.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45They all are, that's the thing.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Beautiful, polite and poor.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Perfect mix for the recruiters.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03The shelter is in a remote area of the Philippines.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16There are currently 29 girls in this shelter
0:40:16 > 0:40:18and the youngest is seven years old.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22And they're vulnerable from the start,
0:40:22 > 0:40:26whether it's extreme poverty or hunger, absent parents,
0:40:26 > 0:40:31abuse at home, and the traffickers are smart and that's who they target.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38The girls who have been sexually abused go through various
0:40:38 > 0:40:39stages of treatment.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Inhale, exhale.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13THEY SCREAM
0:41:14 > 0:41:17This is emotional expression therapy.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21It's aim is to allow the girls to release pent-up feelings
0:41:21 > 0:41:22towards their abusers.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27These shocking sessions are led by psychiatrist Mary.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40GIRLS SCREAMING AND SOBBING
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Wow.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19That was very, very full-on.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Why is it necessary, this therapy?
0:42:21 > 0:42:27The therapy sessions that we have focuses on their anger
0:42:27 > 0:42:31towards their family, their mother and their abuser.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34They release it here in the sessions.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38You obviously think it's healthy, it's necessary.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Yes, of course it's very necessary, especially to me.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46I'm also a survivor of child abuse, when I was 12 years old,
0:42:46 > 0:42:52and I myself experienced the emotional expression therapy during my time.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56It helps me disclose the abuse I've been through.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00It helps the therapist and the social worker
0:43:00 > 0:43:03in preparing the statements of the children.
0:43:03 > 0:43:09It helps in expressing their emotions, in disclosing the abuse
0:43:09 > 0:43:13they've been through, so this therapy session is really helpful.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22When you're interacting with the kids,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25they're so smiley and they're so polite and they're playing
0:43:25 > 0:43:29in the playground with their pals and then, you see...
0:43:29 > 0:43:32how angry...
0:43:32 > 0:43:35they are...
0:43:35 > 0:43:39and it brings it straight back home. These kids have been...
0:43:41 > 0:43:44..abused in such a way that some of them...
0:43:46 > 0:43:49..are completely broken.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Many of the girls are still struggling to come to terms
0:43:54 > 0:43:57with their abuse.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00But 18-year-old Lani has successfully been through the therapy
0:44:00 > 0:44:05after being trafficked into a cybersex den at the age of 15.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09Give me an idea of what's going on inside your mind
0:44:09 > 0:44:13when you realise, "I am here to perform cybersex."
0:44:13 > 0:44:15How do you feel?
0:44:34 > 0:44:37And if you refused, "No, I'm not doing it,"
0:44:37 > 0:44:40what would your boss have done?
0:44:41 > 0:44:42- She won't feed you?- Yeah.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52And the foreign customers,
0:44:52 > 0:44:54how many of them were British?
0:44:58 > 0:45:00You can't count them?
0:45:00 > 0:45:02And what are they like?
0:45:02 > 0:45:04What do they look like - old, young?
0:45:09 > 0:45:13After five months, Lani was eventually rescued by the police.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Did you feel relief or did you feel,
0:45:17 > 0:45:20"Oh, how am I going to get money now?"
0:45:28 > 0:45:30So things are much better now. What's the plan?
0:45:30 > 0:45:32What you want to do?
0:45:39 > 0:45:41What do you want to do as a job?
0:45:41 > 0:45:43COCK CROWS
0:45:43 > 0:45:45Oh, OK!
0:45:46 > 0:45:47Yeah. Business studies. Yes.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53Although no official statistics exist,
0:45:53 > 0:45:56it's believed that tens of thousands of kids like Lani
0:45:56 > 0:45:59are living in shelters all over the Philippines.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10I've had a call and I'm headed back to Manila.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14The police have another suspect they believe is recruiting girls
0:46:14 > 0:46:16and running a cybersex den.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Today, the plan is to spend some time with
0:46:19 > 0:46:23the National Bureau Of Investigation here, and they are collaborating with
0:46:23 > 0:46:25two American agents from Homeland Security,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28so they've flown over especially for this.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31They've had their eye on this one suspect for some time
0:46:31 > 0:46:33and today they're hoping to capture them.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40The situation here is so serious, police from all over the world
0:46:40 > 0:46:44are now collaborating with the Philippine authorities.
0:46:44 > 0:46:49Today, American agents have supplied vital intelligence to the NBI's
0:46:49 > 0:46:53Anti-Human Trafficking Division, who hope to make the arrest.
0:47:15 > 0:47:20After continually abusing the girls online, the suspect is now
0:47:20 > 0:47:23offering to supply them to the undercover US investigators.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28I'm given access to the agents as they set up the deal.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41So right now, the agent from Homeland Security
0:47:41 > 0:47:44is talking with the suspect.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45The chat is live.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51He's promising...that there are going to be a large amount of girls.
0:47:53 > 0:47:58Potentially more if necessary at a later date. They are all underage.
0:47:59 > 0:48:06The youngest is 11. They will do anything he wants them to do.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10And now I believe the agent is asking to see them.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13He wants the suspect to turn the camera on, so that
0:48:13 > 0:48:15they have visual evidence.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Oh.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38So, the suspect has turned his webcam on
0:48:38 > 0:48:42and I can see numerous girls.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49Waving...
0:48:51 > 0:48:56Laughing... And it looks like forced laughter.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00And they're sitting on a bed and they look so young.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Eight?
0:49:06 > 0:49:08One of the girls is eight years old.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20So I think everyone is feeling confident that they have
0:49:20 > 0:49:22sufficient evidence to now go.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29I can feel the adrenaline.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43Agent Janet Francisco allows me
0:49:43 > 0:49:47to travel with her as she follows the SWAT team to the suspect's house.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52You mentioned is that this guy is particularly disgusting.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56- Yes.- To put it in your words, tell me what he was doing?
0:49:56 > 0:49:58Yeah, because...
0:49:58 > 0:50:00the undercover agent...
0:50:02 > 0:50:05..he saw video
0:50:05 > 0:50:09involving a child with the subject
0:50:09 > 0:50:12having actual sexual intercourse, OK?
0:50:12 > 0:50:16So we see this is really a horrible case
0:50:16 > 0:50:19and that we really need to rescue the victim.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23And there's an actual online live sexual video streaming
0:50:23 > 0:50:25that happened this morning.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28So we really need to rescue the child.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33How are you feeling, nervous?
0:50:33 > 0:50:40- No, I'm mad.- You're mad.- Yes. - Because of what you've seen?- Yes.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46So there's really, you know, many sex offenders here nowadays,
0:50:46 > 0:50:50so we have to give them their lessons.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15- What's the story? - We have to wait.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27INDISTINCT VOICE OVER RADIO
0:51:28 > 0:51:32- OK. We're going. - Going out, going now.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36This is it, we're going.
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Wow.
0:51:49 > 0:51:54- So that's the target.- Oh, my gosh! Turn the camera around, look.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58- Yeah, yeah, there.- They're going in, they're going in.- Oh, no, no, no.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh! Come in, come in.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Come in. The kids are here the suspect is here.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26How many girls? GIRLS SOB
0:52:26 > 0:52:28I cannot do the count.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30SOBBING CONTINUES
0:52:34 > 0:52:39You can see the suspect has been apprehended. On the floor.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44The suspect is a male student nurse.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55This way.
0:52:55 > 0:52:56GIRL SOBS
0:52:59 > 0:53:01This side for this girl.
0:53:04 > 0:53:08The eight girls rescued are taken by social workers to a safe house.
0:53:10 > 0:53:15- So am I OK to speak to the suspect? - Yes.- Excuse me.- Yes.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Is there anything that you would like to say?
0:53:17 > 0:53:21- TRANSLATION:- I would like to say I'm sorry to all what I've done.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24You're sorry for everything you've done. Why did you do it?
0:53:24 > 0:53:30- Because of...poverty, being poor. - Because of poverty.- Yeah.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34Do you understand that sorry isn't enough, because you raped a child?
0:53:34 > 0:53:38I know it is not enough to say sorry and...
0:53:38 > 0:53:43I'd go rather to jail for me. If my sorry is not enough,
0:53:43 > 0:53:46I would like to go to jail.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Well, the likelihood is you're going to spend
0:53:49 > 0:53:53the rest of your life in prison. How does that make you feel?
0:53:53 > 0:53:58- It's very, very funny to hear that. - But it's the truth.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01It's very early...
0:54:01 > 0:54:06- And I'm not really a bad person. - You did horrific things.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09- You did horrific things. - I know, I know, I know. I know that.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15A search of the suspect's house reveals more damning evidence.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Where were most of your customers from?
0:54:19 > 0:54:22The USA, UK, Germany, Australia.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26- The US, the UK, Germany and Australia.- Yes.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Similar operations are happening all over the world.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33In the UK, there have been 17 arrests.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36Unbelievable.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40Complete mayhem, but such a success for the authorities.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43So many kids saved. They were tiny. There was one...
0:54:45 > 0:54:46..no bigger than that.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58- So that's it, finished?- Yeah. - Finished. So that's it.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01That's what a cybersex den looks like here in the Philippines.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Back at base, it hasn't taken the police long to pick up
0:55:09 > 0:55:11another suspect,
0:55:11 > 0:55:15putting a cybersex den permanently out of action.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20But police are already moving on to the next targets.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25I just learned there is yet another case and this is involving
0:55:25 > 0:55:30five suspected cybersex dens in five different homes.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33They're in the process currently of gathering all the evidence,
0:55:33 > 0:55:36so all the while they're not able to get in,
0:55:36 > 0:55:39kids are still probably inside being abused.
0:55:44 > 0:55:48In my short time here I've been shocked by the sheer scale
0:55:48 > 0:55:49of the cybersex industry.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53But if the police forces around the world keep working together
0:55:53 > 0:55:55and these raids continue,
0:55:55 > 0:55:59there is at least a chance of controlling this awful trade.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Next week I'll be travelling to Honduras,
0:56:04 > 0:56:08the country with the highest murder rate for young women.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12He took his gun and shot Maria 12 times.
0:56:12 > 0:56:13Nice to meet you.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16'I'll meet survivors of horrific attacks...'
0:56:18 > 0:56:21'..as I try to get to the bottom of why Honduras is
0:56:21 > 0:56:24'one of the most deadly places in the world to be a girl.'
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