UAE arrests and turns over suspected child sexual exploiter to the Philippines, officials say


The online sexual exploitation of children has flourished in the Philippines due to poverty and widespread availability of Internet connections, Marbil said. — Photo by Sunil Ray on Unsplash

MANILA: A Filipino man suspected of victimising more than 100 children in the Philippines with his gang by selling their nude pictures online, including some while being raped by his cohorts, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and flown back Thursday to Manila, officials said.

Philippine Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and his colleagues received the suspect, a computer expert, from authorities in Dubai and escorted him back to Manila.

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