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Terre des Hommes to Fight Child Abusers Online in the Netherlands

In Asia, the organization Terre des Hommes deceived thousands of pedophiles on the internet with Sweetie, a virtual 10-year-old girl who lured them into giving their data to police. Terre des Hommes is now going to...

by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
The virtual 10-year-old girl Sweetie helped catch thousands of online sex predators in Asia. (Image: Terre des Hommes)

In Asia, the organization Terre des Hommes deceived thousands of pedophiles on the internet with Sweetie, a virtual 10-year-old girl who lured them into giving their data to police. Terre des Hommes is now going to make fake profiles in the Netherlands. A spokesman for the group says that the situation there cannot be compared to that in Asia. "Victims in Asia are oftentimes younger. Over there, it regularly happens that parents put their children in front of the webcam to perform sexual acts." In the Netherlands, vulnerable teens are often victimized. "They are an easy target for loverboys."

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