Sexual Exploitation Cases Involving Minor Victims on the Rise: Nationwide Simultaneous Searches, 42 Arrested
On the 16th, the National Police Agency announced that it had carried out nationwide simultaneous searches in cases of sexual exploitation targeting minors. Forty-two people were arrested or referred to prosecutors, and more than 30 minors were victimized. Contact made through social media is cited as the main driver of the spread of victimization.